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Laurel Clark Biography

Laurel Blair Salton Clark (March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle mission specialist. Clark died along with her six fellow crew members in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

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As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand what's happening with them. I will be in the position to help enable that knowledge.

Data, Important, Knowledge, People, Physician

Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing.

Life, Life Is, Lots, Moths, Places, Thing

I can't think of anything specific growing up that pointed me toward NASA at all. I was interested in the Moon landings just about the same as everyone else of my generation. But I never really thought about being an astronaut or working in space myself.

Astronaut, Growing Up, Interested, Moon, Thinking, Toward

Other than motherhood, the eight years that I spent at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, I have incredibly fond memories of. It's a beautiful place, with four seasons up in Wisconsin. And really wonderful people.

Beautiful, Memories, Motherhood, Spent, University, Wonderful

This has been a great experience for me. The first couple of days you don't always feel too well. You adjust to the fluid shifting, how to fly through space without hitting things or anybody else. But then you get in a groove.

Couple, Days, Fly, Hitting, Space

Science, for hundreds of years, has spanned the differences between cultures and between countries.

Countries, Country, Cultures, Differences, Years

Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better.

Flying, Life, People, Science, Small Numbers, Space

I feel blessed to be here representing our country and carrying out th research of scientists around the world. . . I hope you could feel the positive energy that beamed to the whole planet as we glided over.

Blessed, Country, Positive, Positive Energy, Research, Whole

Whenever I do get to look out, it is glorious. Even the stars have a special brightness.

Brightness, Glorious, Looks, Special, Stars

Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth.

Earth, Hello, Magnificent, Planets

It's such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space. . . we're doing such exciting research. And I don't want to overemphasize the life science research, but as a physician the life science research that we're doing is extremely exciting.

Extremely, Life, Long, Physicians, Science, Space

If you're trying to get someone who's sick with a fever off of a submarine and it's cold and raining outside, the only way in and out of a submarine, generally, is through a fairly narrow hatch.

Fever, Generally, Rain, Sick, Submarine, Trying

The microgravity or the very, very low amount of gravity that we have up in space forces some changes in different processes. It forces changes in us as human beings.

Amount, Different, Forces, Low, Lows, Space

Everyone that I've talked to who's been to space has thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and what you often hear them say is: It was great, but we just had to come home.

Coming Home, Hear, Home, Say, Space, Thoroughly

There are some very significant changes in the way the fluids are distributed in our body, the way our heart functions initially, and as well as our bone and muscle.

Body, Fluids, Heart, Initially, Significant Change

We've had such thorough training, we've had an excellent team on the ground. With the minor glitches that have occurred, we've been able to take care of them. And the teams on the ground are getting tons of incredible data.

Data, Minor, Occurred, Team, Training

Gravity pulls our bodily fluids down, like water in a glass goes to the bottom part of a glass. In space, the water doesn't stay in the bottom of the glass. It distributes itself evenly over time throughout the entire volume of the glass.

Down, Glass, Glasses, Space, Throughout, Water

I've always enjoyed traveling and having experience with different cultures and different people. But it's also a wonderful thing to be able to benefit and enable research, not only in our country but around the world.

Country, Different, Having, People, Travel, World

There was a moth in there, and it still had its wings crumpled up, and it was just starting to pump its wings up. Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing.

Crumpled, Life, Life Is, Pump, Pumps, Wings