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The Life of Sally Ride
Women such as Harriet Quimby, the first licensed women pilot, and
Amelia Earheart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, were
unknowingly paving the way for other women, like Sally Ride, in the field
of women in science and aeronautics.
Sally Ride was ....
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.... 1,251 of the 8,000
people who applied were women and only six were accepted.
Sally Ride was one of the six, although she didn't go into space
right away. Her first assignment with NASA was On-Orbit Capsule
Communicator (CAP-COM), or mission control. In August 1979, she completed
her training and education and was designated as a mission specialist. In
this position Sally would learn about future shuttle information, such as
shuttle launching and the shuttle systems.
In 1982, Commander Robert Crippen hand selected his crew for the
launching of the Challenger, S ....
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