American - Astronaut | February 9, 1960 -
One of the astronauts I came to admire the most is John Young.
Peggy Whitson
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I don't sing in the shower.
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I love working at NASA, but the part that has been the most satisfying on a day-to-day basis, hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute, has been working on board the space station. Even if I'm just cleaning the vents in the fans, it all is important.
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You can solve problems, but the solutions don't always have to be elaborate or expensive.
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I think the legacy of the space station will be that we can do something this technically complex in an international way.
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On my first flight, I don't know if maybe it's a function of time, or if I was less stressed on my second flight, but just being able to tell what part of the planet we were flying over by the reflected light coming through the window - that was pretty special.
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The Earth is incredibly beautiful.
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Find your passion. Because with that passion, you can do anything.
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I do think space hotels are probably in our future.
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In space for a short time, I think most people could survive that. If you're sending an average person who's healthy for a short period of time, I think that's quite doable.
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Viewing the earth from above gives you this sense of how special the planet is that we live on.
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Even if my job for the day is cleaning the vents or fixing the toilet, it still feels good to be a part of the space program and advancing exploration.
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