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She's a poet, a teacher and an astronaut. Sian Proctor is the first Black woman to pilot a spacecraft.

Space travel lass a higher mortality rate of climbing everest or base jumping, so space tourism makes no sense and just for a moment i want to be nostalgic. 50 years ago when we accomplished what we accomplished today i would argue even greater accomplishments, we sent the daughter of a minister who received her ph.d. in physics from stanford, that was sally ride. we found a woman born in alabama who got a masters in chemical engineering and went on to be a doctor in the peace corps, may jamison...

Its possible. two, there are so many doors being opened. and i guess the path for me is in my ph.d. program, im looking to make myself as competitive as possible for the astronaut corp.s. and so when im finished with this ph.d. program, i look to apply and i look to continue to just contribute to space exploration as it pertains to go to space, as it pertains to building the vehicles, as it pertains to all the behind the scenes that dr. jamison was talking about because this is just the top of t...

About humanity and people around you. >> i want to hit that hard, may. what is that path? thats what people are looking at, right? how do i get to space? how do i get into this exciting new way? may jamison, what do you have to say to people? im sure you get asked this all the time, right? you get asked to speak. people say how do i become like dr. may jamison? how do i become like leland melvin? >> i want to throw a different perspective on this, and that perspective is when i went up into spac...

Now, a former nasa astronaut, the first woman of color to travel to space on the space shuttle endeavor. shes the author of "flying where the wind goes, moments of my life." also joining us leland melvin, former astronaut and author of "chasing grace." im honored to be with you on this historic day. dr. jamison, tell me whats going through your mind right now as you are watching the preparations for this liftoff. >> im actually very excited about whats happening. as i look at the preparations, i...