Riding into orbit 👩‍🚀 On June 18, 1983—42 years ago today—astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman to travel to space. Ride and her crewmates deployed two satellites and conducted scientific research during their six days in orbit aboard space shuttle Challenger.
Astronaut Sally Ride floats gently as she sits in the front seat of the space shuttle Challenger. Light from the shuttle window on the left illuminates Ride's face and upper body; Ride is wearing a blue polo shirt, with a watch on her left arm. The shuttle around her is filled with consoles and control panels. Credit: NASA

ALT Astronaut Sally Ride floats gently as she sits in the front seat of the space shuttle Challenger. Light from the shuttle window on the left illuminates Ride's face and upper body; Ride is wearing a blue polo shirt, with a watch on her left arm. The shuttle around her is filled with consoles and control panels. Credit: NASA

Jun 18, 2025 · 3:41 PM UTC

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ALT Nasa Logo GIF by NASA
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That's not true
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To the moon
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I love astronaut Sally Ride. She was an incredible, resilient woman and an inspiration to so many other girls in space❤️
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Amazing
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Great
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Wow
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Space wasn’t ready for Sally Ride. Earth barely was. 🔥
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Plz take me to space or give me a @Tesla me @elonmusk
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She looks a lot like Ripley from Alien
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"I consider exploring as central to life as breathing." —Sally Ride
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Sally Ride's mission demonstrated the Oberth effect - using orbital velocity to amplify rocket thrust efficiency by 40x. Her physics PhD research on free electron lasers directly informed spacecraft design. A brilliant scientist who shattered both gravity and glass ceilings.
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What an inspiring milestone in space exploration.
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Riding the Horizon She rode the silence where Earth becomes a whisper, cradled in the arc of stars unseen by centuries of girls who only dreamed. Fingers brushed console light like prayers lit in metal chapels— each dial a hymn, each orbit a revolution against gravity and doubt. She didn’t just rise. She carved her name in atmosphere, and left a trail for others to follow— not behind, but beside the infinite.
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Fascinating milestone. For your consideration, we have prepared a business matrix mapping various vehicles and objects by typical altitude and crew size, benchmarked to Challenger STS-7.
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Trailblazer in the stars! 🌌 Sally Ride made history 42 years ago — inspiring generations to dream beyond limits. 🚀 #SallyRide #WomenInSpace
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Vvvvvery Interesting 🤔🤔
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Historic photo ❤️
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Russia sent a woman, alone, into orbit 20 years before. She corrected the software and returned safely, went into politics
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42 years ago, Sally Ride didn’t just go to space, she broke the stratosphere for every woman who followed. No hashtags, no fanfare, just legacy in motion.
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History was made!!
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One small step, big cosmic mic drop.
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Still the craziest thing ever, who's idea was it? who said at the conference table, let's piggyback that sumbitch on a 747
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wow cool
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Everything on her is floating.
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Only in America can a woman go from classroom to cosmos. We used to do great things. Let’s do it again!
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And they seriously asked her if 100 tampons would be enough for the trip.
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She didn’t just reach space, she shattered ceilings. Sally Ride's legacy still inspires every girl with sky-high dreams.
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is the pic legit or ai ?? hmm (・・;)
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♥️💫
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Watch your surroundings. There are aliens.
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Ok yupp orbit
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That was a great day of success and an extraordinary leap for humanity. We how those first astronauts a lot for pathing the way to space exploration. 🇺🇸
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Peak
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