Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space

Highlights

• ›First American woman in space

Missions, people & worlds

• Sally Ride
• Space Shuttle program

Knowledge connections

• Part ofThe Space Shuttle Era
• Associated withSally Ride
• Associated withSpace Shuttle program

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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