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First mixed gender crew aboard space station, and first woman, Svetlana Savitskaya, on space station. USSR Salyut 7: 1982 First plants grown in space (Arabidopsis). USSR Salyut 7 [36] [37] 25 January 1983: First Infrared orbital observatory. USA (NASA) UK (SERC) Netherlands IRAS: 13 June 1983: First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Sally Ride was also assigned to this mission, so it became the first time that two women were in space together. The mission lifted off from the KSC in the Space Shuttle Challenger on October 5, 1984. [20] Sullivan performed the first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) by an American woman on October 11, 1984.
Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
Similarly, women from Canada, Japan, and America have all flown under the US space program. A span of one year separated the first and second American women in space, [3] as well as the first and second Chinese women in space, taking place on consecutive missions, Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 10. [4]
On this day in 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. The Italian explorer first found a Bahamian island, thinking he had reached East Asia.
The flight only lasted about 10 minutes, but the six members of the crew experienced weightlessness and were able to see Earth from space. The flight launched from Blue Origin’s West Texas ...
Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906. (ed., Different version available) Young, Alexander Bell Filson, Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery; a Narrative, with a Note on the Navigation of Columbus's First Voyage by the Earl of Dunraven, v. 2.
Astronaut Sally K. Ride became the first American woman to visit space in June 1983. Calandrelli said she was crying on the flight home from the mission because of the online reaction and texting ...