Morgan passed up the opportunity to check out space shuttle Endeavour with her six crewmates after Tuesday’s landing. She was too weak and wobbly and hinted that she was nauseous, as well.
“Actually, I was doing some good science back there,” she later said with a laugh, referring to how she remained in the crew-transport vehicle following touchdown.
“The room still spins a little bit, but that’s OK,” she said.
Ms Morgan — who was Christa McAuliffe’s backup for the doomed Challenger flight in 1986 — said it took her a while to adjust to space. “I felt like I was upside down that entire first day,” she said.
She is hoping the readjustment to Earth’s gravity won’t take as long. At a news conference six hours after touchdown, she still looked pale and shaky, but was able to walk unassisted.