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ten years after beginning her astronaut

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training Stephanie Wilson made her first

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trip into space in 2006 on space shuttle

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discovery during sts-121 Wilson

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supported robotic arm operations for

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vehicle inspection multi-purpose

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Logistics Module installation and

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spacewalks and was responsible for the

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transfer of more than 15,000 pounds of

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supplies and equipment to the

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International Space Station her next

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shuttle flight was also a board

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discovery on sts-120 carrying the node

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to Harmony to the ISS this element made

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it possible for international

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laboratories to later be added to the

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orbiting complex born in Boston and

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raised in Pittsfield Massachusetts

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Wilson believes her successful twenty

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plus year career in aerospace could not

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have been possible without the help of

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family friends and educators back home

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my parents were always very supportive

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my teachers were also supportive and so

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I was always encouraged to pursue my

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dreams I was not limited or in any way

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told that there was something that I

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couldn't achieve and so that was a very

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fundamental part of my development

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Wilson is now gearing up for sts-131 her

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third flight to the station on discovery

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the Harvard grad says the inherent risk

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of spaceflight is worth the return for

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those of us here on earth I believe that

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humans have always had a thirst for

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knowledge and a quest for the unknown

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and our space exploration brings great

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improvements to our life here on earth

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and so we have great improvements in our

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technology or everyday lives are very

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different because of the work that's

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done by the space program and because of

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the technologies and the developments

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that we learn and so I believe that it's