November 3, 1957
Soviet Union launched Sputnik II
– carried a dog named Laika
(a stray from the streets of Moscow)
– 2008 a monument to Laika in Moscow was made
– first inhabited space capsule
Tag Archives: space
Sally Ride the first U.S. woman in space
Sally Ride
(May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012
- astronaut and physicist
- 1978 selected to be an astronaut in NASA Astronaut Group 8
one of 35 selected out of 8000 applications
- June 18, 1983 became 1st American woman in space
crew member on Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-7 - 1984 – 2nd space flight STS-41-G
- She has spent 343+ hours in space
- only person to serve on both of the panels investigating Shuttle accidents
Sally Ride the first U.S. woman in space
Sally Ride
(May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012
- astronaut and physicist
- 1978 selected to be an astronaut in NASA Astronaut Group 8
one of 35 selected out of 8000 applications
- June 18, 1983 became 1st American woman in space
crew member on Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-7 - 1984 – 2nd space flight STS-41-G
- She has spent 343+ hours in space
- only person to serve on both of the panels investigating Shuttle accidents
Sally Ride the first U.S. woman in space
Sally Ride
(May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012
- astronaut and physicist
- 1978 selected to be an astronaut in NASA Astronaut Group 8
one of 35 selected out of 8000 applications
- June 18, 1983 became 1st American woman in space
crew member on Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-7 - 1984 – 2nd space flight STS-41-G
- She has spent 343+ hours in space
- only person to serve on both of the panels investigating Shuttle accidents