Poland's First Female Astronaut

I have always liked to dream. And I have dreamed about impossible things which with time have turned into more achievable ambitions and become future plans. I wanted to be a spacewoman; Poland's first female astronaut.

My space adventure, as I like to call it, began when I was in high school. There was a physics teacher I admired, who was fascinated with the possibility of life in other galaxies and often talked aboute different conspiracy theories he knew about. I picked up this obsession and after high school I studied science at the university and after a few internships I finally got my dream job in at ESA - the European Space Agency.
The new job was very challenging. I spent hours with other people who also had the same ambitions like that I did; we all wanted to go into space. I was one of two women there and at the beginning, after overhearing a few jokes about astro-women, I was a little afraid we'd be treated differently because of our gender, like less capable or weaker persons. But nothing like that happened. We made a very good team, despite the fact that we were competitors in getting that one job that had been on offer from NASA, and we could cooperated and helped each other willingly. Working there taught me a lot not only about my field, but also about myself and gave me the confidence that I am the right person to go into space and serve the humanity with the knowledge and skills I had. When I found out I got the job I jumped into the air screaming in an insane euphoria and I already felt as if I was beeing high.
I was sent to the American Space Station where I trained to become a liaison officer.
During my 15 years of joining being part of the NASA team I have looked at our planet Earth from the distance of 300,000 kilometres many times.

I have achieved what I wanted because I've always focused on positives and believed that this way or another way I would be what I wanted to be. Being the first Polish spacewoman is an honour and a priviledge. I was happy in every moment I spent up in the infinite blackness brightened by stars, but I also appreciate every step I take on Earth. I hope that by working as an astronaut I not only made ["not only made" is correct] my own dreams come true, but also served did my duty to our whole civilisation and inspired others to discover new lands and spaces.

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* I not only made... OR I didn't only make..... ? Which one is correct? Maybe both?

Poland's first female astronaut

I have always liked to dream. And I have dreamed about impossible things which with time have turned into more achievable ambitions and become future plans. I wanted to be a spacewoman - Poland's first female astronaut.

My space adventure, as I like to call it, begun when I was in high school. There was a physics teacher I admired, who was fascinated with the possibility of life in other galaxies and often talked about different conspiracy theories he knew about. I picked up this obsession and after high school I studied science at the university and after a few internships I finally got my dream job in the ESA - European Space Agency.
The new job was very challenging. I spent hours with other people who also had the same ambitions like I did: we all wanted to go into space. I was one of two women there and at the beginning, after overhearing a few jokes about astro-women, I was a little afraid we would be treated differently because of our gender, like less capable or weaker persons. But nothing like that happened. We made a very good team; despite the fact that we were competitors in getting that one job that had been on offer from NASA, we could cooperate and help each other willingly. Working there taught me a lot not only about my field, but also about myself and gave me the confidence that I am the right person to go into space and serve the humanity with the knowledge and skills I had. When I found out I got the job I jumped into the air screaming in an insane euphoria and I already felt as if I was beeing high.
I was sent to The American Space Station where I trained to become a liaison officer.
During my 15 years as part of the NASA team I have looked at our planet Earth from the distance of 300 000 kilometres many times.

I have achieved what I wanted because I've always focused on positives and believed that this or another way I would be what I wanted to be. Being the Poland's first spacewoman is an honour and a privilege. I was happy in every moment I spent up in the infinite blackness brightened by stars, but I also appreciate every step I take on Earth. I hope that by working as an astronaut I not only made* my own dreams come true, but also served my duty to our whole civilisation and inspired others to discover new lands and spaces.

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* I not only made... OR I didn't only make..... ? Which one is correct? Maybe both?

"I not only made" sounds more natural.

Excellent writing and congratulations on achieving your dreams!