On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride, a physicist from California, boarded the Challenger's STS-7 mission spacecraft, knowing she was about to become the first American woman to travel to space.
Sally later became a Physics professor at UC San Diego and Director of the California Space Institute. Today, we celebrate Sally Ride Day and her incredible contributions to space exploration and women in STEM ๐ฑ๐๐ฉโ๐
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