| Name: Ride, Sally | Country: USA | M/F: F | Number of Flights: 2 |
| Space Flights | Launch Date - Shuttle | Landing Date - Shuttle |
|---|---|---|
| 1. STS-7 | June 18, 1983 - Challenger | June 24, 1983 - Challenger |
| 2. STS-41G | October 5, 1984 - Challenger | October 13, 1984 - Challenger |
| Space Flights | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| 1. STS-7 | Deployed Anik C-2 for TELESAT Canada and Palapa B-1 for Indonesia Deployed and retrieved the Shuttle Pallet Satellite 1 (SPAS-1) - Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications Payload 2 (OSTA-2) containing material science experiments - First American woman in space |
| 2. STS-41G | Deployed Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications Payload 3 (OSTA-3) containing remote sensing experiments - First space flight to include two women |
| STS-61M (Cancelled) |
Planned Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-C) deployment shuttle mission Cancelled after the Challenger disaster |
| Return to Master List | Two Spaceflights | Space Shuttle Program - 1983 / 1984 |
| American Astronauts | Female Astronauts and Cosmonauts |
Updated - June 5, 2006