#shuttle

In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#because #canada #contributed #fly #had

It was just using the liquid shampoo - the Russians have one very similar to the stuff we use on the Shuttle - you just wet your hair with it and then wipe it out. ↗

— Shannon Lucid

#just #liquid #out #russians #shampoo

I had been here five years already, training very hard, learning about the systems, the shuttle, the station systems. But, everything really became real when I started to work with them. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#already #became #been #everything #five

So, for me, I make no difference whether I'm training with my shuttle crew or the Expedition crew. Of course, I think I want to take more care of the Expedition crew, because they're going to stay there for a long time. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#care #course #crew #difference #expedition

After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong. ↗

— Sally Ride

#after #challenger #fix #gone #had

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle. ↗

— Sally Ride

#flight #floating #i #just #middle

No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents. ↗

— Sally Ride

#astronauts #high-risk #i #i think #most

On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot. ↗

— Sally Ride

#background #commander #crew #pilot #shuttle

The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident. ↗

— Sally Ride

#before #better #challenger #rocket #safer

Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit. ↗

— Sally Ride

#during #i #into #itself #mission