Timeline

By deepaandgemma

  • Sally Ride's Birth

  • Cold War - Space Race

    Russia launches Sputnik, the first man-made object to ever enter space. This leads to the Space Race between the USSR and the US.

  • First Woman in Space

    Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is the first woman to enter space on the Vostok 5 mission.

  • Sally Ride's Acceptance into the NASA Space Training Program

    Sally Ride was accepted into the NASA Space Training Program in January 1978, but the exact date of her acceptance is unknown.

  • The Challenger, STS-7

    Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

  • Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes

    Sally Ride oversees the investigation of the explosion of the Challenger

  • Hubble Telescope Launched into Space

  • Collapse of the Soviet Union

  • Sally Ride Science

    Exact date of the founding of Sally Ride Science is unknown. Sally Ride Science is a company that produces educational materials for students who are interested in pursuing a career in math and science.

  • Sally Ride Dies

    Sally Ride dies at the age of 61.