Timeline event · 18 June 1983 · The Space Shuttle Era
Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space
Aboard Challenger, Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
Highlights
- ›First American woman in space
Missions, people & worlds
Knowledge connections
- Part ofThe Space Shuttle Era
- Associated withSally Ride
- Associated withSpace Shuttle program
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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