Sally Ride
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Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Southern California, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983, became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space. She
Ride in 1984
During training in May 1983
In a NASA T-38 Talon jet
Communicating with ground controllers from the flight deck during the STS-7 mission
STS-7
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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 fro
Sally Ride
…third Space Shuttle flights, and helped develop the Space Shuttle's robotic arm. In June 1983, she flew in space on the Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-7 mission. The mission deployed two communications satellites and the first Shuttle pallet satellite (SPAS-1). Ride operated the robotic arm to deploy…
Challenger as photographed by the SPAS-1 satellite on June 22, 1983
From left: Ride, Fabian, Crippen, Thagard and HauckSpace Shuttle program← STS-6STS-8 →
External Tank serial number 6 after jettison from Challenger on June 18, 1983. The arrow indicates the white area on the left bipod ramp where foam had broken off.
The second launch of Challenger