Wednesday, March 30, 2011

NASA The Right Stuff: Sally Ride

18 June 1983: Sally Ride becomes the first American woman, and youngest astronaut, in space, 20 years after the first Russian woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova.

File:Soviet Union-1963-Stamp-0.10. Valentina Tereshkova.jpgSally later highlighted the American bias against women scientists and mission active astronauts. She became a great advocate for girls entering science and encouraged them to go for their goals, no matter what obstacles stood in the way.

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