Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. She was a mission specialist on the seventh space shuttle mission and operated the shuttles robotic arm.

October 07, 2009 | 26:44 | Public Domain Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, takes your questions via Facebook and Twitter to kick off a night of .
She was the first American woman in space, having joined NASA in 1978. Ride is honored by Google in the May 26 doodle. Here are the facts and pictures of .
To celebrate the acquisition of the Sally K. Ride Collection of personal possessions and papers, the National Air and Space Museum presents a program .