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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. She was the youngest American astronaut to have ...
Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
Truly inspiring women in American history and beyond. ... Sally Ride, 1951-2012. Astronaut and the first American woman to go to space. ... first African American woman to moderate a major ...
First female commercial astronaut spaceship pilot [17] [18] First African-American commercial astronaut [19] First African-American woman to pilot a spacecraft [20] Inspiration4 (Sep. 16, 2021) 69 Hayley Arceneaux Dec. 9, 1991 United States: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital employee, bone cancer survivor, who is now a physician assistant
In 1978, Ride was among the first women to enter NASA’s space program. Her groundbreaking compatriots were Judith Resnik, Anna Fisher, Shannon Lucid, Margaret Seddon and Kathryn Sullivan.
Kristen Stewart is set to lead a television show for the first time, playing astronaut Sally Ride in limited series The Challenger.. Ride, who died in 2012, was a physicist who became the first ...
First African American commercial Astronaut. Inspiration4 (September 16, 2021) 17 Michael Strahan November 21, 1971 First African American space tourist Blue Origin NS-19 (December 11, 2021) 18 Jessica Watkins May 14, 1988 First African American woman to be an ISS expedition crew member SpaceX Crew-4 (April 27, 2022) 19 Jaison Robinson ...
Sally Ride accomplished multiple firsts when she entered orbit in 1983 at the age of 32, breaking barriers for female astronauts and women in science.. Following her death in 2012 at age 61, a new ...