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Flight coveralls free-float aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-7
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Flight coveralls free-float aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-7
"You know, what was absolutely amazing to me was the feeling I had looking back at Earth... it's remarkable how beautiful our planet is, and how fragile it looks." –Sally Ride, first American women in space, STS‐7, STS-41-G
"Astronaut Sally K. Ride, mission specialist, is shown here sitting in the front seat and looking out the windows of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger. Ride and four other crew members are onboard the Challenger."
Date: June 18-24, 1983
NASA ID: S83-35783 / STS007-05-029
Buzz Aldrin celebrating Jim Lovell's birthday by posting this fabulous pic taken by Annie Liebowitz, with Sally Ride in 2009.
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Robert “Bob” Crippen (born 11 September 1937). Flew 4 Space Shuttle missions, including the first in 1981, where he was pilot.
The crew of STS-7 being welcomed back to Earth after a historic mission in space
My space patch collection thus far.
Sally Ride Becomes First American Woman in Space
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when the space shuttle Challenger launched on mission STS-7.
As one of the three mission specialists on the STS-7 mission, she played a vital role in helping the crew deploy communications satellites, conduct experiments and make use of the first Shuttle Pallet Satellite. In this image, Dr. Ride sits in the aft flight deck mission specialist's seat during deorbit preparations.