Mar 5, 2022
"The thing I'll remember most about the flight is that it was fun. In fact, I'm sure it was the most fun that I'll ever have in my life." (Sally Ride) Dr. Sally Ride was selected to be an astronaut as part of NASA Astronaut Group 8, in 1978, the first class to select women. In 1983 Dr. Sally Ride became the first US-American woman in space as a crew member on Space Shuttle Challenger. Fun fact: NASA engineers wanted to give her 100 tampons for a week-long mission. They had also developed a makeup kit.