The First Woman In Space
On june 18 1983 nasa astronaut sally k.
The first woman in space. Woman in space when she launched on the sts 7 mission of the space shuttle challenger. In 1963 she spent almost three days in space and orbited earth 48 times in her space capsule vostok 6. 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.
Ride became the first american woman in space when she launched with her four crewmates aboard the space shuttle challenger on mission sts 7. Sally ride studied at stanford university. Valentina tereshkova first woman in space.
After 48 orbits and 71 hours she returned to earth having spent more time in. That was her only trip into. In 1983 astronaut and astrophysicist sally ride became the first american woman in space aboard the space shuttle challenger.
Who was sally ride. Ride and five other women had been selected in 1978 for nasa astronaut group 8 the first american selection class to include females. She is the ceo of the x prize foundation.
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. Seagull later commemorated as the name of an asteroid 1671 chaika. On june 18 1983 nasa astronaut sally ride became the first u s.
After a two hour countdown vostok 6 launched faultlessly and tereshkova became the first woman in space. Valentina tereshkova was the first woman to go into space. On board the shuttle is dr.