First Woman In Space Us

Born in los angeles she joined nasa in 1978 and became the first american woman in space in 1983.
First woman in space us. Ride was the third woman in space overall after ussr cosmonauts valentina tereshkova 1963 and svetlana savitskaya 1982. 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. June 18 24 1983 she was the third woman in space overall after valentina tereshkova above and svetlana savitskaya who flew on soyuz t 7 august 19 1982. 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 kristen ride may 26 1951 july 23 2012 was an american astronaut and physicist. Woman in space sally ride sts 7. Ride who as a.