Mae Jemison -------->V
The first American lady to travel in space was Sally Ride.
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.
Yes, she is famous for being the first American women in space.
she was the first African American woman in space
Kathryn Sullivan
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.
she is the first American woman in space
She was the first African-American woman in space.
Ellen Ochoa
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.
It was so amazing for her to be the first American woman to be and space but the only reason the went was because they wanted to put a satellite from Canada to Indonesia.