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. The astronauts spent 6 days in space 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 experiments, and later used it again to bring the satellite back

40 years ago, Sally Ride launched to space from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and became the first American woman in space. It’s not rocket science - representation and inclusion matter in the workplace. Sally’s one of many NASA trailblazers who paved the way to make space for everybody. Today, we honor her legacy with a new generation of space explores, the Artemis generation. | NASA's Kennedy Space Center

6.4K views · 34 reactions | Thirty-five years ago today the first American female in space, Sally Ride, returned to Earth with the Space Shuttle Challenger crew. | PennLive.com | Facebook