Laurel Clark
Laurel Clark
Laurel Blair Salton Clarkwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth10 March 1961
CityAmes, IA
CountryUnited States of America
above american-astronaut earth incredibly lucky planet
We're incredibly lucky to be able to be working where we are up above the Earth and being able to see our planet from that vantage point.
american-astronaut expecting experience lifetime tired
I'm expecting to have a lot of fun. I'm expecting to be tired at the end. But I'm expecting it to be the experience of my lifetime so far.
ozone-layer space atmosphere
We're looking at Earth science, observing our planet. Also space science, looking at the ozone in the atmosphere around our Earth. Also looking at life science. And on a human level, using ourselves as test subjects.
variables process gravity
Gravity is one variable in a lot of scientific processes. If you can remove gravity or minimize its effect, then you can understand the other processes that are going on.
different harm different-things
There's a lot of different things that we do during life that could personally harm us and I choose not to stop doing those things.
american-astronaut crew exciting mission sure
I can't think of anything that's as exciting as I'm sure this mission will be, and actually being in space. But, we did some training as a crew together.
american-astronaut multitude orbit possible scientific space
We're doing a multitude of different scientific experiments on orbit on things that are only possible to be done in the space environment.
american-astronaut exactly found happening immediate mysteries physician
We'd like to have immediate answers to all of our questions. I think medicine in particular. I found it frustrating as a physician sometimes to not be able to tell someone exactly why something was happening to them. There are still so many mysteries in medicine.
american-astronaut
We trained for a lot more malfunctions than any ever happen.
american-astronaut gone phases
When you talk to crews that went to Mir or have gone up to International Space Station, they say that you go through different phases of adaptation or getting used to the space environment.