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The first foreigner to ride in a US spacecraft was Saudi Arabian Prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud. He flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1985 as a payload specialist.
By the space shuttle or aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Visits to the ISS are made in either aboard the US Space Shuttle or the Russian Soyuz. However a private person can only go on the Soyuz and the trip costs $25 million dollars.
By the space shuttle or aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Visits to the ISS are made in either aboard the US Space Shuttle or the Russian Soyuz. However a private person can only go on the Soyuz and the trip costs $25 million dollars.
Space Shuttle.
Space Shuttle Columbia
The US space shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986.
Design and building of the US space shuttle began in the 1970's, and after many delays the first flight was in 1981.
The US's first space shuttle was called Columbia. It was part of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and completed its first orbital flight on April 12, 1981.
The US Space Shuttle program retired in 2011 after the final mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) in July of that year.
The first female US astronaut to travel into space, Sally Ride flew on two NASA missions aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-7 in 1983 and STS-41G in 1984.
The first female US astronaut in space, Sally Ride flew on two NASA missions aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-7 in 1983 and STS-41G in 1984.
The Space Shuttle