Preflight Interview: Nicole Stott

Of all the careers in all the world that a person could aspire to, you end up a professional space traveler. So tell me what is it that motivated you or inspired you to become an astronaut. Well, honestly I think my initial and probably kind of the grounding motivation that I have is growing up with a father who loved to fly small airplanes: built small airplanes in our garage, and at the airport