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Events on Friday 24 June 1983 1
1983Sally Ride Becomes First American Woman in SpaceSTS-7 mission aboard Space Shuttle ChallengerSally Ride flew aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-7, becoming the first American woman in space. She had been selected as part of NASA's 1978 astronaut class, the first to include women. Her flight was a milestone for women in science and spaceflight.