What
Are
Some
of
the
NS-31
Crew’s
Reasons
for
Going
to
Space?

Each
member
of
the
crew
has
her
own
reasons
for
being
part
of
this
mission.

In
a
recent
cover
story
for


ELLE,
many
of
the
women
expressed
their
desire
to
inspire
future
generations.
For
Perry,
this
includes
reminding

Daisy,
the
daughter
she
shares
with
fiancé

Orlando
Bloom,
to “never
have
limits
on
her
dreams
and
show
her
that
any
type
of
person
can
reach
their
dreams—no
matter
your
background,
your
ethnicity,
your
economic
situation,
or
your
education
level.”

As
for
King,
who
has
been
honest
about
her
nerves,
she
told
the
magazine
she
hopes
to
encourage
people
to
step
outside
their
comfort
zones.

“Once
I
do
it,”
she
added, “then
the
doors
will
open
for
so
many
other
people
who
thought, ‘Okay,
I
was
one
of
those
reluctant
people,
but
now
I’m
here
and
I
am
really,
really
excited
to
go.'”

And
Nguyen
noted
that,
for
her,
it’s
getting
the
chance
to
fulfill
a “dream
deferred.”

“I
worked
at
NASA,
I
studied
the
stars—astrophysics
at
Harvard
and
MIT—but
life
got
in
the
way,”
she
told
the
publication. “Gender-based
violence
is
a
big
reason
why
so
many
women
in
STEM
don’t
continue
on
with
their
training,
and
I
was
one
of
those
women.
After
I
was
sexually
assaulted,
I
traded
my
telescope
to
fight
for
my
rights
as
a
sexual
assault
survivor.
I
drafted
the
Sexual
Assault
Survivors’
Bill
of
Rights,
passed
it
in
Congress
and
at
the
United
Nations.
And
then,
after
10
years,
I
was
like, ‘I
want
to
honor
the
person
that
I
was
before
I
was
hurt.'”