jun 18, 1983 - First American Woman in Space
Description:
Sally Ride was hired by NASA 20 years after Valentina Tereshkova. She was a assistant and researcher at Stanford, she then became apart of one of three mission specialists. The mission she was on also became the first to have 5 crew members. She became a flight engineer at NASA, where she helped the team in making 3 other satellites.Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 18, 1983
Now
~ 42 years ago