Ride retired(退体) from NASA and began working and teaching at Stanford. In 2003 she was part ofthe investigation into the next shuttle accident, this time on the spuce shuttle Columbio.Dr. Sally Ride died in 2012. Although she was famous as the first American woman in space, she said...
First American woman in space: Sally Ride Sally K. Ride was the first U.S. woman in space. (Image credit: NASA) On June 18, 1983, NASA astronaut Sally Ride became the first U.S. woman in space when she launched on the STS-7 mission of the space shuttle Challenger. She was the ...
The group's diversity stands in contrast to the early years of space exploration, long dominated by white men (including all 12 people who have walked on the Moon), until Sally Ride became the first American woman inspacein 1983 and Guion Bluford the first black astronaut the same year. ...
particularly encouraging minority students to pursue STEM careers. She founded the Jemison Group to research and develop technology for daily life, and is heavily involved in the100 Year Starship Project. She also created BioSentient Corp, a company...
LEGO builders can also find Jemison in toy brand’s 2017 Women of NASA set, featuring Jemison, astronaut Sally Ride, former NASA Chief of Astronomy Nancy Grace Roman, and computer scientist Margaret Hamilton in miniature form. Career Since NASA Getty Images Since her NASA days, Mae Jemison ha...