Astronaut Sally K. Ride's legacy – encouraging young women to embrace science and engineering
- Written by Bonnie J. Dunbar, NASA astronaut (Ret) and TEES Distinguished Research Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University
Mission specialist Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center On June 18, 1983, 35 years ago, Sally Ride became the first American woman to launch into space, riding the Space Shuttle STS-7 flight with four other crew members. Only five years earlier, in 1978, she had been selected to the first...
