Who was the first American woman in space ?

Answer 1

Sally Ride was born in Encino, Los Angeles, California and attended high school at Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles (now Harvard-Westlake School). In addition to being interested in science she was a nationally ranked tennis player. She initially attended Swarthmore College but received her bachelor's degrees (in English and physics) from Stanford University near Palo Alto, California. She then received a master's degree and a Ph.D. in physics at the same institution, while doing research in astrophysics and free-electron laser physics.

Ride joined NASA in 1978 as part of the first astronaut class to accept women. As part of her training she was the Capsule Communicator (CapCom) for the second and third Space Shuttle flights (STS-2 and STS-3) and helped develop the Space Shuttle's robot arm. On June 18, 1983 she became the first American woman in space as a crewmember on Space Shuttle Challenger for STS-7.

Answer 2

Sally Ride, in 1983. She's the third woman overall. Valentina Tareshkova is the first woman in 1963.

Answer 3

that would be Sally Ride, who i think went to the moon.

Answer 4

Sally ...