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
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We're doing a multitude of different scientific experiments on orbit on things that are only possible to be done in the space environment.
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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.
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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.
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We trained for a lot more malfunctions than any ever happen.
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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.