Thursday
Jun182009
June 18: On This Day in 1983 - 1st America Woman in Space
June 18, 1983: Dr. Sally Ride, a 32 year-old physicist and pilot, functioned as a "mission specialist" and became the first American woman in space when she began a six-day mission aboard the space shuttle Challenger. The "near-perfect" mission was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, and landed June 24, 1983, at Edwards Air Force Base, CA.
Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 9:13AM
Reader Comments (2)
I always wondered if that was her real name...it reminds me of the song - *Ride, Sally - ride.....* lol!!! :)
What an incredible moment in history that was. Thanks for posting that, Jinxi.
XOXO Wen