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Thursday,
December 19 I'm finally here. It's taken three years of training and a lot of hard work, but I made it. The shuttle docked at the space station at 0900 hours. We started to unload the equipment and supplies. Trying to work while you're floating around sure is strange – it takes about a week to get used to being in zero gravity. The view of Earth passing below us is breathtaking. I've been talking to the crew members who are returning to Earth. They're excited about going home to their families and friends. |
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From
way up here, it’s hard to imagine my family moving around down there.
They’ll be hiking in the mountains tomorrow. We can’t hike up here,
but I’ve been spending a lot of time on the treadmill. I’ve discovered
that lifting weights doesn’t work in space (ha, ha!).
