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
