Dennis R. Jenkins Space Collection Image from 1970
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Dennis R. Jenkins Space Collection Image from 1970
31 Jan. 1978. The first female astronaut candidates.
These six mission specialist astronaut candidates are the first women ASCANs to be named by NASA. They are, left to right, Rhea Seddon, Anna L. Fisher, Judith A. Resnik, Shannon W. Lucid, Sally K. Ride and Kathryn D. Sullivan.
Photo credit: NASA
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June 18 - Sally Ride “America’s first woman astronaut communicates with ground controllers from the flight deck during the six day mission of the Challenger. 06/18/1983 - 06/24/1983.”