Science: Space: Sally Kristen Ride

SALLY KRISTEN RIDE

Sally Ride was a United States astronaut who became the first American woman to travel in space. She launched in June 1983, with astronauts Robert L. Crippen, John M. Fabian, Frederick H. Hauck, and Norman E. Thagard and made a six-day flight on the space shuttle Challenger. On their flight in the shuttle Challenger, they tested out the Challenger's remote manipulator arm. They then used the arm again on her second flight, in October of 1984, to launch a satellite used to measure the sun's effect on the earth's weather. These are just some of the oper…