sixpenceee:Sally Ride, STS-7, 1983 The first American woman in space. Selected to fly on the space shuttle’s seventh mission. Ride was one of six women selected to become astronauts in 1978, breaking a two decade-long tradition of an all-male corps.

sixpenceee:Sally Ride, STS-7, 1983 The first American woman in space. Selected to fly on the space shuttle’s seventh mission. Ride was one of six women selected to become astronauts in 1978, breaking a two decade-long tradition of an all-male corps.

sixpenceee:Sally Ride, STS-7, 1983 The first American woman in space. Selected to