On June 15, 1983, three days before launch aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Sally Ride takes a last look at Houston…
NASA astronaut Rick “C. J.” Sturckow, commander of Space Shuttle mission STS-128, recapped highlights of the 2009 flight.
Astronaut Sally K. Ride (left) participates in a mission sequence test in preparation for the STS-7 mission, in the Kennedy…
NASA astronaut Rick “C. J.” Sturckow, commander of Space Shuttle mission STS-128 recaps.
Some of NASA’s first female astronaut candidates take a break from training in Florida in 1978. From left: Sally Ride,…
Sally Ride and three of her STS-7 crewmates take a break from simulations in the Johnson Space Center’s Mission Simulation…
NASA astronaut Rick “C. J.” Sturckow, commander of Space Shuttle mission STS-128 in 2009
Sally Ride, front row, left, with her STS-7 crewmates. In addition to launching America’s first female astronaut, it was also…
In this image taken on Oct. 13, 1984 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-41G, astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan, left,…
Masten Space Systems’ Xaero sub-orbital rocket lifts off in a plume of fire during a test launch from the Mojave…
