On June 18, 1983, NASA astronaut Sally Ride became America's first woman in space after she and four colleagues blasted off on the space shuttle Challenger for the STS-7 mission. Discover more space history 👉 https://trib.al/3TikniP The astronauts spent 6 days in space and deployed two communications satellites for Indonesia and Canada. Ride became the first woman to operate Canadarm, the shuttle's robotic arm. She used it to deploy a Shuttle Pallet Satellite that was loaded with science experi

Today marks the 35th anniversary of former UC San Diego professor and NASA astronaut, Sally Ride's, historic orbit. Ride was the first American woman to fly into space and was part of NASA's 1978 class of women astronauts—A few also had ties to UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz and UCLA! | University of California

Thirty-five years ago today the first American female in space, Sally Ride, returned to Earth with the Space Shuttle Challenger crew. | PennLive.com