Former Astronaut Sally RideOn June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when the space shuttle Challenger...In June 1979, NASA Administrator Robert A. Frosch, left, and astronaut candidates Sally K. Ride and Terry J. Hart examine...The Space Shuttle Challenger launches from Florida at dawn. On this mission, Kathryn Sullivan became the first U.S. woman to...S83-35763 / STS007-02-027 (18 June 1983) --- Seen on the flight deck of the space shuttle Challenger, astronaut Sally K....Sally Ride Forever StampThis image shows Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, who was also part of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior...JSC2012-E-215901 (18 Sept. 2012) -- A close-up view of the plaque and roses placed at the base of the tree...PHOTO DATE: LOCATION: Astronaut Memorial Tree Grove SUBJECT: Tree Planting for astronaut Dr. Sally Ride, September 18, at Astronaut Tree...From left, astronauts Pam Melroy; Kay Hire; Cady Coleman; Kathy Sullivan; Tam O'Shaughnessy, Sally Ride's life partner and chair, board...NASAs first six women astronauts pose with a mockup of a personal rescue enclosure (PRE) or "rescue ball" in the...In this photograph from July 2008, Dr. Sally Ride, who visited Goddard Space Flight Center for a tour and speech,...Former astronaut Dr. Sally Ride, left, confers with Norman Augustine, chair, prior to the start of the final meeting of...Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, exits the Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) following a training session in the Johnson...Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, displays the array of tools at her disposal on the mid deck of...Ride, right, and astronaut Kathryn Sullivan synchronize their watches in the "white room" before entering Challenger to launch on mission...In this image taken on Oct. 13, 1984 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-41G, astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan, left,...Sally Ride, front row, left, with her STS-7 crewmates. In addition to launching America's first female astronaut, it was also...Sally Ride and three of her STS-7 crewmates take a break from simulations in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Simulation...Some of NASA's first female astronaut candidates take a break from training in Florida in 1978. From left: Sally Ride,...Astronaut Sally K. Ride (left) participates in a mission sequence test in preparation for the STS-7 mission, in the Kennedy...On June 15, 1983, three days before launch aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Sally Ride takes a last look at Houston...A suit technician helps Ride strap herself into a seat in the shuttle mission simulator in Houston on May 23,...From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher,...On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride made history, becoming the first American woman to go space. In this image, Ride...Sally Ride (third from left), the first American woman to go into space, and her fellow astronauts on space shuttle...S78-26569 (31 Jan. 1978) --- The 35 new astronaut candidates, presented Jan. 31, 1978, in the Building 2 auditorium at...CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- All eyes look skyward as space shuttle Discovery launches on its STS-124 mission. The group gathered...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At a women's forum held in the Apollo/Saturn V Center, Donna Shalala, secretary of Department...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Participating in a forum about women in space, Astronauts Ellen Ochoa, Joan Higginbotham and Yvonne...S84-37981 (20 July 1984) --- The space shuttle Challenger will carry these seven persons into space for NASA's STS-41G mission...S84-36158 (June 1984) --- The STS-41G Challenger mission insignia focuses on its seven crew members (first to exceed six), the...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the KSC Visitor Complex, actor and Master of Ceremonies Lance Henriksen (at podium) introduces...S78-25633 (31 Jan. 1978) --- These six mission specialist astronaut candidates are the first women ASCANs to be named by...41D-3277 (S14-3277) (4 Sept 1984) --- Having met the press for the first time as a group, members of the...S83-32723 (23 May 1983) --- This scene in the Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) previews next month's STS-7 flight in the...
