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Liftoff of STS-7 Mission
Liftoff of STS-7 Mission

Sally Ride and her crewmates rocket into space aboard Challenger at 7:33 a.m. EDT on June 18, 1983. Ride later…

Huge Expectations
Huge Expectations

Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, exits the Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) following a training session in the Johnson…

Silver Snoopy Award to Leslie Williams
Silver Snoopy Award to Leslie Williams

NASA Dryden public affairs specialist Leslie Williams was honored with an Astronauts Personal Achievement Award – commonly known as the…

Hard at Work
Hard at Work

Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, displays the array of tools at her disposal on the mid deck of…

Second Flight
Second Flight

Ride, right, and astronaut Kathryn Sullivan synchronize their watches in the “white room” before entering Challenger to launch on mission…

Strapping In
Strapping In

A suit technician helps Ride strap herself into a seat in the shuttle mission simulator in Houston on May 23,…

Ready to Fly
Ready to Fly

On June 15, 1983, three days before launch aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Sally Ride takes a last look at Houston…

Rick Sturckow Recaps STS-128 Shuttle Mission
Rick Sturckow Recaps STS-128 Shuttle Mission

NASA astronaut Rick “C. J.” Sturckow, commander of Space Shuttle mission STS-128, recapped highlights of the 2009 flight.

Mission Sequence Test
Mission Sequence Test

Astronaut Sally K. Ride (left) participates in a mission sequence test in preparation for the STS-7 mission, in the Kennedy…

Rick Sturckow Recaps STS-128 Shuttle Mission
Rick Sturckow Recaps STS-128 Shuttle Mission

NASA astronaut Rick “C. J.” Sturckow, commander of Space Shuttle mission STS-128 recaps.