[DOC] [TLE] First American Woman in Space | NASA [PAR] Jun 18, 2013 ... On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space ... 
guests will see firsthand the toll these events took on the shuttle hardware. .... 
When she rode aboard the space shuttle Challenger as it lifted off from ..... 
aboard the reusable spacecraft for a six-day space mission full of firsts. [DOC] [TLE] Sally Ride - Wikipedia [PAR] On June 18, 1983, she became the first American woman in space as a crew 
member on space shuttle Challenger for STS-7. She was preceded by two Soviet
... [DOC] [TLE] 1983-1986: The Missions and History of Space Shuttle Challenger ... [PAR] Jan 28, 2011 ... 1983-1986: The Missions and History of Space Shuttle Challenger ... tests in 
1977 while taking Enterprise through KSC mating, rollout, and launch pad 
validation ops. .... She was towed into an OPF on April 17 to undergo post-flight ... 
Over the course of the six day mission, Challenger's crew deployed... [DOC] [TLE] Sally Ride Biography: First American Woman in Space - Space.com [PAR] Jul 25, 2012 ... Sally Ride was the first American woman to go into space. ... into space when she 
flew on the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. ... Besting thousands of 
applicants, Ride was selected as one of NASA's first six female astronauts and ... 
she continued to influence the space program after her days of... [DOC] [TLE] Challenger: Shuttle Disaster That Changed NASA - Space.com [PAR] Oct 16, 2012 ... The space shuttle Challenger was one of NASA's greatest triumphs and ... It took 
two more years for Rockwell to perform the conversion. ... launched successfully 
on April 4, 1983, on mission STS-6. ... Sally Ride, rode up on Challenger on STS-
7 in June 1983. ... She and the rest of the crew never made it. [DOC] [TLE] Sally Ride, NASA's first female astronaut, took flight 29 years ago ... [PAR] Jun 18, 2012 ... Sally Ride, a specialist on shuttle mission STS-7, monitors control panels from 
the ... When the first female NASA astronaut blasted off into space on June 18, 
1983, her rocket burned a ... At 31, she was also the youngest American ever in 
space. ... During Ride's 6-day mission, the STS-7 crew deployed two... [DOC] [TLE] June 18, 1983: Sally Ride, the First American Woman Into Space ... [PAR] Jun 18, 2012 ... She rides into history aboard the shuttle Challenger , opening up new ... 1983: 
Sally Ride becomes the first American woman to travel into space. ... She was 
aboard Challenger for her second flight as well, an eight-day mission in 1984. ... 
taking a special interest in attracting more women to the sciences in... [DOC] [TLE] Ride, Sally Ride: You remember astronaut who inspired women ... [PAR] Jul 24, 2012 ... Many of you took to Twitter, Facebook and CNN.com to pay tribute Sally ... Here, 
Ride is seen talking with ground control during her six-day space ... when she 
flew into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, but... [DOC] [TLE] First American woman in space - Jun 18, 1983 - HISTORY.com [PAR] During the six-day mission, Ride, an astrophysicist from Stanford University, 
operated the shuttle's robot arm, which she had helped design. .... Chamberlain, 
a college professor from Maine, took a sabbatical to enlist in the Union army. [DOC] [TLE] Sally Ride Dies: 1983 Newsweek Profile of Space Pioneer [PAR] Jun 27, 1983 ... She was doing just that. ... Just watching the shuttle ride its fat caterpillar of 
exhaust sent thrills through the crowd like the jazziest Disneyland ride. ... 
Although Challenger is making its second flight, the 6-day, 96-orbit mission ... a 
couple of times while Ride and Fabian take turns snaring and releasing it. [DOC] [TLE] Thank you, Sally Ride - CNN.com [PAR] Jul 26, 2012 ... Meg Urry says Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut, was an important ... a 
six-day mission aboard the

Question: She took a 6-day shuttle ride in 1983
Answer: Sally Ride