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
school doctors scotland
The Navy's paid for you to go through school, and then they need doctors to go out and take care of people who are in various different parts of the world. I decided to pay back my time first as an undersea medical officer. I was stationed in Scotland.
stars special brightness
Whenever I do get to look out, it is glorious. Even the stars have a special brightness.
team data training
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.
home space coming-home
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.
life-is moths
Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing.
numbers space people
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.
beautiful memories motherhood
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.
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.
data people important
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.
couple space hitting
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.
eight preparation glitches
Things are going very smoothly. As expected, there are some minor glitches, and the eight minutes that it took us to get to orbit, we trained months and months for, and didn't have to use any of that preparation, other than being aware and ready.
heart significant-change body
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.
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.