Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, exits the Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) following a training session in the Johnson Space Center’s Mission Simulation and Training Facility.
Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, exits the Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) following a training session in the Johnson Space Center’s Mission Simulation and Training Facility. “The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it,” said Ride later.Image Credit: NASA