Thirty-nine years ago, Sally Ride became the first American woman to go into space. Ride will be remembered by a cargo spaceship that will bear her name. Sally Ride is the name of the upcoming Cygnus spaceship. The expendable cargo capsule is going to be launched on November 6 as part of the company's contract with NASA. Crew supplies, equipment, and science experiments will be delivered to the International Space Station in the next few weeks. The legacy of the famous astronauts will be honored by the enhanced Cygnus spaceship. The first class of NASA astronauts included women and minorities. She was one of five other women who applied. Ride was one of the first four of that class to travel to space. It was the first trip to space for a woman in the US.
In a NASA interview for the 25th anniversary of her flight in 2008, Sally Ride said that on launch day there was so much excitement and so much happening around them. I came to appreciate what an honor it was to be the first American woman to go into space.
The flight was enjoyable. Ride said that it was the most fun he would ever have. After the Challenger shuttle exploded in 1986, the astronauts flight was suspended and she was scheduled to go up once more. She was in space for a total of 46 minutes.
The director of the University of California's California Space Institute is Ride. Ride was an advocate for inclusion in spaceflight and was focused on helping young girls study science and mathematics. She died of Pancreatic Cancer at the age of 61.
The company has always honored those who have made an impact on human spaceflight. Kalpana Chawla, the fallen NASA Astronaut who died aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003 was one of the previous recipients.
The S.S. Sally Ride will come back to Earth. Ride's name will live on even after the spaceship is destroyed by fire.
NASA released its first equity plan in an effort to be more inclusive.
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