/tags/rebound/Recent content in Rebound on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usThu, 08 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2016/09/08/beyond-gravitys-pull/Thu, 08 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2016/09/08/beyond-gravitys-pull/<p>Dr. Wells lay in her improvised seat aboard the Soyuz capsule grinning from ear to ear. It had taken her years to get to this: the college work, application to the space program, the astronaut training. And now here she was, strapped into position aboard the Soyuz which had just docked with the International Space Station.</p> <p>As the hatch opened, the three other cosmonauts unlatched their belts and floated freely about the cabin. Wells had to wait. She was in a special fourth seat configuration, which she was told, had never been used before. It was so exciting to be making history!</p>