![In 1983, space shuttle Challenger and the STS-7 crew launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/s07-14-629.jpg)
Sally Ride
This week in 1983, space shuttle Challenger and the STS-7 crew launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. With the launch, Mission Specialist Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space.
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