Sally Ride (third from left), the first American woman to go into space, and her fellow astronauts on space shuttle mission STS-7 were joined by other NASA and Air Force officials.
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Sally Ride (third from left), the first American woman to go into space, and her fellow astronauts on space shuttle mission STS-7 were joined by other NASA and Air Force officials for photos after greeting NASA Dryden employees and visitors following her historic space shuttle mission on the shuttle Challenger on June 24, 1983. The STS-7 crew included (from left) mission specialists Norman Thagard, John Fabian, and Sally Ride; pilot Frederick Hauck; and commander Robert Crippen. Behind Crippen is John Manke, director of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at the time. The Air Force officer and NASA official at the right are unidentified.June 24, 1983
NASA photo