On June 18, 1963, Sally Ride made history aboard NASA's Challenger space shuttle and became the first American woman in space. Now on the 40th anniversary of that trip, NASA is preparing to launch the first mission to the moon with a woman onboard.
was a pilot in the Air Force at the time with her sights set on space. She followed Ride’s selection and the attention she received from the media.Another woman who found lifelong inspiration in Ride is National Test Pilot School Flight Test Engineer Kate Gunderson.
Ride had been a relaxed and happy individual, O’Shaughnessy said, but being in the spotlight eventually took its toll. After her first spaceflight, “she started giving speeches around the country and describing what it was like to be in space and share her experiences, and she loved doing that,” O’Shaughnessy said.“It was really hard on Sally, and she started feeling unsettled,” O’Shaughnessy said. “Those were feelings that were new to her.
“Sally realized she wouldn't fly again for years, and she just thought, I'm here to fly,” O’Shaughnessy said. “And so she decided to retire and kind of move on with her life.” “When I flew my first mission, she called me,” Collins recalled. “She talked to me about the stress that she went under with all the media attention.”
After NASA’s space shuttle tragedies in 1986 and the loss of Columbia in 2003, Ride became the only person to serve on both investigation boards. She also served as an advising member of the Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight committee in 2009.
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