Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. Im thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. – Laurel Clark
Its such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space… were doing such exciting research. And I dont want to overemphasize the life science research, but as a physician the life science research that were doing is extremely exciting. – Laurel Clark
I have a computer screen near my seat where I monitor the overall health of the vehicle and pick up any problems that might be occurring early on or once we see any kind of a malfunction or anything unusual thats happening, we can look at the data and figure out what that is. – Laurel Clark
Were 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. – Laurel Clark