The first American lady to travel in space was Sally Ride.
Valentina Tereshkova (a Russian) was the first woman to travel in space.
Ronald Reagan was president when Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983.
Valentina Tereshkova she was russian and she traveled in space on 16th june 1963
RussiaRussian (Soviet). The Russian sent a woman into space in the 1960's. The USA was planning to send a woman into space in the 1960's, but, did not do so, because President LBJ ordered NASA not to. The USA would not send a woman into space until the 1980's.
The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, in 1963. The first American woman in space was Sally Ride. Roberta Bondar was Canada's first female astronaut, who in 1992 flew in NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery.
Valentina Tereshkova (a Russian) was the first woman to travel in space.
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sally was the first American woman in space and she has encouraged women all over the world that they can do what they want and there is a first time for everything.
Ellen Ochoa was the first Hispanic woman to travel to space in 1993.
Sally Ride made history in 1983, when she was the first American woman in space. After NASA, Sally Ride became the director of the California Space Institute at the University of California, San Diego, as well as a professor of physics at the school in 1989. Sally Ride is not only the first American woman in space but she is also the youngest person to ever be sent into orbit.
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The first African American who travelled in the space was Mae Carol Jemison. She was s Mission Specialist on the STS-47 space mission."Mae Jeminson"thanks for asking! joe mc carterDr. Mae C. Jemison (born October 11, 1956) was the first African-American woman in space, on mission STS-47 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor, on September 12-20, 1992.Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman in space. She credits Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek's Uhura, as being a role model, making her realize it was possible for an African American woman to go to space.Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American female astronaut to travel space on September 12, 1992 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour.Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.
Mae Jemison got famous by becoming the first African American woman to travel in space (NASA)
Oh no, you're forgetting John Glen and other American men who traveled into space and to the moon's surface. Sally Ride was the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983. But many other American men went before her.
first woman in space - Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR in 1963 First American woman in space - Sally Ride in 1983
Ronald Reagan was president when Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983.