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How Far American Women Astronauts Have Soared Since Sally Ride Took Her Historic Spaceflight

For 30 years, Valerie Neal curated the human spaceflight artifact collections at the National Air and Space Museum. But after ...
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Why America wasn’t first when it came to women in space

Most people think Sally Ride was the first woman in space - but that honor belongs to Valentina Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut who launched into orbit in 1963. This video uncovers her remarkable ...