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Danh ngôn của Shannon Walker (Sứ mệnh: 2)

I liked learning things. I liked solving problems and doing my homework. I realize a lot of kids don't like that, but I always enjoyed going to school.
My degrees are in physics and space physics, and I did well enough in university that I actually started working at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, as a robotics flight controller right after college.
Mental fitness is obviously important to being an astronaut, but so it physical fitness. For example, space walks are extremely physically demanding. We train for them in a giant swimming pool and we wear this suit that weighs about 300 pounds.
Sunsets are absolutely amazing from the Space Station.
I'm so proud to represent my hometown on the International Space Station where we conduct scientific research that can benefit all of humankind.
One thing in space, just like home: you cannot escape housework. Every Saturday is clean-the-station day.
So much of our training focuses so much on the systems and how to operate the station, and not just the day-to-day life in terms of slowing down and enjoying the experience.
Most of my family and friends are very familiar with the human space flight program and with the excitement of becoming an astronaut.
At a young age, I became interested in space and science after watching the U.S. land on the moon for the first time.
When I was in high school we had the first shuttle launch, and it reinvigorated my enthusiasm for the space program. I was in awe of the space shuttle as such a tremendous machine taking people into space. It seemed like such a wonderful thing that I wanted to be a part of.