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Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist.Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American physicist and astronaut. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. She remains the youngest American astronaut to have traveled to space, having done so at the age of 32.
Sally Ride May 26, 1951 died Jul. 23, 2012 United States: First American woman in space. STS-7 (Jun. 18, 1983) STS-41-G (Oct. 5, 1984) 4 Judith Resnik Apr. 5, 1949 died Jan. 28, 1986 United States: Fourth woman in space, second American woman in space. First Jewish woman in space. Died in the Challenger disaster. STS-41-D (Aug. 30, 1984)
STS-7 was NASA's seventh Space Shuttle mission, and the second mission for the Space Shuttle Challenger. During the mission, Challenger deployed several satellites into orbit. The shuttle launched from Kennedy Space Center on June 18, 1983, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base on June 24, 1983. STS-7 carried Sally Ride, America's first female ...
The Ride Report is the informal name of the report titled NASA Leadership and America's Future in Space: A Report to the Administrator. [1] In 1986, a task force under the leadership of Sally Ride was asked to formulate a new strategy for NASA. The report was issued in 1987. The Ride Report proposed four main initiatives for study and evaluation.
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It was the first shuttle mission to carry a crew of seven, including the first crew with two women (Sally K. Ride and Kathryn D. Sullivan), the first American Extravehicular activity (EVA) involving a woman (Sullivan), the first Australian-born person to journey into space as well as the first astronaut with a beard [2] [3] (Paul D. Scully ...
The main article for this category is Sally Ride, NASA astronaut. Pages in category "Sally Ride" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.