On June 18, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger is launched into space on its second mission. On board the shuttle is Dr. Sally K. Ride, who as a …
Sally Ride
NASA Astronaut Sally Ride - The First American Woman in Space - June 18, 1983. Sally Ride died at the age of 61 in 2012.
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Tennis-player, physicist and the first America women in space, Sally Ride continued to advocate and be a role model for women in science after she left NASA. For more FREE teacher resources from the Smithsonian’s...
In 1983, astronaut and astrophysicist Sally Ride became the first American woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger. Dr. Sally Ride studied …
Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. She made her journey into history on June 18, 1983. Throughout her life, Dr. Ride broke barriers …
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Dr. Ride applied to the astronaut program after reading an ad in a newspaper. More than 8,000 men and women applied to the space program that year. …
Sally Ride became the first American woman to go to space.
Sally Ride's journey to become the first American woman in space, and the youngest person ever sent into orbit, began with a handwritten letter. She wrote to NASA in 1977 after seeing an article in The...
Sally K. Ride (May 26, 1951–July 23, 2012) became the first American woman in space in 1983. She was one of six women selected to enter the astronaut …