OTD In Space – June 18: America’s First Woman In Space
On June 18, 1983, NASA astronaut Sally Ride became America's first woman in space after she and four colleagues blasted off on the space shuttle Challenger for the STS-7 mission.
The astronauts spent 6 days in space deployed two communications satellites for Indonesia and Canada. Ride became the first woman to operate Canadarm, the shuttle's robotic arm. She used it to deploy a Shuttle Pallet Satellite that was loaded with science experiments, and later used it again to bring the satellite back inside the shuttle. They returned to Earth on June 24th. Ride later became the first American woman to travel a second time when she launched on another Challenger mission, STS-41-G, in 1984. Ride also served as president of SPACE.com from 1999 to 2000.
The astronauts spent 6 days in space deployed two communications satellites for Indonesia and Canada. Ride became the first woman to operate Canadarm, the shuttle's robotic arm. She used it to deploy a Shuttle Pallet Satellite that was loaded with science experiments, and later used it again to bring the satellite back inside the shuttle. They returned to Earth on June 24th. Ride later became the first American woman to travel a second time when she launched on another Challenger mission, STS-41-G, in 1984. Ride also served as president of SPACE.com from 1999 to 2000.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:03In 1983, NASA astronaut Sally Ride became America's first woman in space
00:08after she and four colleagues blasted off on the Space Shuttle Challenger for the STS-7 mission.
00:13The astronaut spent six days in space and deployed two communications satellites for Indonesia and Canada.
00:19Ride became the first woman to operate the Canadarm, the shuttle's robotic arm.
00:23She used it to deploy a shuttle pilot satellite that was loaded with science experiments
00:27and later used it again to bring the satellite back inside the shuttle.
00:31They returned to Earth on June 24.
00:33Ride later became the first American woman to make a second trip to space
00:37when she launched on another Challenger mission, STS-41G, in 1984.
00:42Ride also served as president of Space.com from 1999 to 2000.
00:47And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:50NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology