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Sally Ride was the first American female astronaut to fly in space - aboard the space shuttle Challenger.+1closeclosepinpinsearchminimizeforwardbackViewTextzoomoutzoominzoomin
The Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first shuttle to fly into space in 1981.
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space. She was an astronaut on a space shuttle mission. Her job was to work the robotic arm. She used the arm to help put satellites into space.
It was designed to fly in space, and its first mission was another test of the space shuttle.
In 1983 and again in 1984
The Space Shuttle Columbia's first flight was on April 12, 1981.
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No. The first shuttle that flew was the Enterprise. The first that traveled into space was Columbia
Colonel Eileen Collins, USAF, retired, became the first female Space Shuttle pilot on STS-63, aboard Discovery; and the first female Space Shuttle commander on STS-93, aboard Columbia; She also commanded Discovery on STS-114, the first mission after the Columbia disaster. As far as the first woman to fly ABOARD the Space Shuttle, that would be Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into space, aboard the Challenger, on STS-7.
The first Space Shuttle, named Columbia, took off into space on April 12, 1981.
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