First American Woman In Space
Ride was the third woman in space overall after ussr cosmonauts valentina tereshkova 1963 and svetlana savitskaya 1982.
First american woman in space. As one of the three mission specialists on the sts 7 mission she played a vital role in helping deploy communications satellites conduct experiments and make use of the first shuttle pallet satellite. Sally ride first american woman in space on june 18 1983 nasa astronaut sally k. Ride became the first american woman in space when she launched with her four crewmates aboard the space shuttle challenger on mission sts 7.
On june 18 1983 sally ride became the first american woman to fly in space when the space shuttle challenger launched on mission sts 7. Sally kristen ride may 26 1951 july 23 2012 was an american astronaut and physicist. Sally ride became the first american woman to go into space when she flew on the space shuttle challenger on june 18 1983.
She made two shuttle flights and later became a champion for science. Sally ride becomes the first american woman in space on june 18 1983 the space shuttle challenger is launched into space on its second mission.