Linda M. Godwin Quotes
As always, we prepare for all sorts of contingencies. And the first few days of the flight up until docking on Day 3 are all spent really in the rendezvous because we launch at a time that puts us in an optimal position to catch up to station.
Godwin, Linda M. "STS-108 Preflight Interview: Linda Godwin." National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2001.
Medaris then told him to do it in 90 days to give him some slack. 80 days later the U. S. put its first satellite in orbit with a Jupiter Rocket. There were scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who had been experimenting with rocket recovery, who realized that they had enough power and technique to escape the Earth’s gravity and put an object in orbit. The asked for permission to do so on their next weekly firing and were refused. Two months later, the Russians put Sputnick in orbit.
Linda Maxine Godwin Ph.D. is an American scientist and retired NASA astronaut. Godwin joined NASA in 1980 and became an astronaut in July 1986. She retired in 2010. During her career, Godwin completed four space flights and logged over 38 days in space. Godwin also served as the Assistant to the Director for Exploration, Flight Crew Operations Directorate at the Johnson Space Center. Since retiring from NASA, she accepted the position of Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Missouri.
