Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, displays the array of tools at her disposal on the mid deck of…
Ride, right, and astronaut Kathryn Sullivan synchronize their watches in the “white room” before entering Challenger to launch on mission…
A suit technician helps Ride strap herself into a seat in the shuttle mission simulator in Houston on May 23,…
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
