From Penny4NASA: On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space and the youngest astronaut at 32. Ride logged a total of 344 hours in space between two flights on board the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983 and 1984, and remains the youngest astronaut ever. Since Ride’s landmark flight thirty years ago, 44 more American women have become astronauts and flown to space. Ride who passed away last July was an inspiration to all who dreamed of becoming astronauts and for women interested in science. Sunday was also the 50th anniversary of the female Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereskova’s three-day space flight. Today’s anniversary is accompanied by milestone NASA news. This week NASA announced the 2013 Astronaut Candidate Class and for the first time ever half of the candidates are women. The eight candidates were chosen from over 6,100 applicants---the second largest application pool in NASA history. The female astronaut candidates are Christina M. Hammock, NOAA Station Chief; Nicole Aunapu Mann, U.S. Marine Corps Major; Anne C. McClain, U.S. Army Major; and Jessica U. Meir, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Learn more about the 2013 Astronaut Candidate Class here: nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html #Penny4NASA #SallyRide #NASA
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:51:06 +0000
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