It changes your perspective to be able to look out the window and see the planet. One of the thoughts that I had when I first got up here was, ‘We really do live on a planet, and we are in a solar system, and we are flying through space right now.’ I mean, this is something that you know, obviously, but to see the planet – it’s amazing. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
I was the one with a subscription to ‘Sky and Telescope’ magazine as a kid while my friends were reading ‘Tiger Beat.’ Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
Spaceflight is a tricky business. It is definitely difficult, and I think we forget that sometime. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
You absolutely know you’re in space when you’re doing a spacewalk. That was pretty interesting because you can feel vacuum. It actually changes your vocal cords because the pressure inside the suit drops quite a bit, so your voice feels different. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
When we’re doing the space walks, we’re working very very hard. Every single minute is choreographed. But there’s a few minutes here and there where ground is maybe talking about something, and you have to put your tools down and wait. Just getting a chance to look through your visor and see the planet go by was incredible. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
When I was at Stanford, I was actually in the cancer biology program, but I mostly focused on infectious disease. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
When I started working at NASA and understanding what the capabilities really were of the space station and the space program, one of the biggest draws for me was the ability to do experiments in space. We can do a number of experiments where gravity is actually a variable. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
I think it’s going to be amazing to see how the world of microbiology, molecular and cellular biology, and human physiology is massively changed by microgravity. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
If you find something that you’re excited about and you’re interested in, my advice to young women and young men would be do what you’re really interested in and what drives and motivates you. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
I don’t think you ever really decide that you want to be an astronaut. I put in an application and hoped for the best. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
