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was 39. The first American woman in space was Sally Ride, a mission specialist on a shuttle flight in 1983. (The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian who flew a solo mission in 1963.)
engineering and helped in the development of a robotic arm for the space shuttle. The Challenger commander, Robert L. Crippen, chose her for the 1983 mission in part because of her expertise with the device. She was part of a crew of five that spent about six days in space, during which she used the arm to deploy and retrieve a satellite.
Jack Russel terrier curled up and sleeping in an old style upholstered chair