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Before Sally Ride became a NASA astronaut, she had been a nationally ranked tennis player. She had also been studying at Stanford for her master's degree and Ph.D. in physics, whilst researching astrophysics and free electron lasers physics.
She didn't really have a job before becoming a NASA astronaut, because she had still been finishing university when she'd seen the ad for 'mission specialists' put out by NASA.
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Who was the first American woman astronaut selected in 1978?
Sally Ride
Was Sally Ride famous?
Yes. Sally Ride was famous for being the first American woman to go into space.
First female American astronaut?
The first female astronaut was Valentina Tereshkova and she was from the Soviet Union.
Who was the FIRST American astronaut?
The first woman in space was Soviet (Russian) cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova on June 16, 1963.The first female US astronaut in space was Sally Kristen Ride in 1983. The first African-American female astronaut was Mae Jemison, and the first Hispanic female astronaut was Ellen Ochoa.The first woman in space was a Cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova (1963).The first woman Astronaut in space was Sally Ride in 1983.Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. She flew on the Vostok 6 mission which was launched on June 16, 1963. (Rendezvoused but did not link with Vostok 5 craft already orbiting.)Sally Ride was the first American and third woman in space. She flew on the Shuttle Challenger STS-7 mission from June 18-June 24, 1983.
What did valentia tereshkova do?
She was the first woman in space, in 1963.
