“If you find something that you're excited about and you're interested in, my adv…” — Kathleen Rubins

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.

The planet is beautiful.

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.

There's a world of insights to be gained into human health and disease by understanding how gravity and space radiation influence biology.