Sally Ride was an American physicist and astronaut who made history in 1983 as the first American woman and the youngest American to fly in space. She flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983, becoming the first female astronaut in the United States. Ride also
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Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Southern California, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983, became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space. She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32.