SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Sally K. Ride (May 26, 1951–July 23, 2012) became the first American woman in space in 1983. She was one of six women selected to enter the astronaut corps in 1978. While all six women flew on space shuttle missions, Ride was the first selected to go into space.

Detailed explanation-2: -Valentina Tereshkova was born in Maslennikovo, near Yaroslavl, in Russia on 6 March 1937.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alan Shepard Jr., a Navy Commander and one of NASA’s first seven astronauts, became the first American to travel into space on May 5, 1961. Watch the video above to learn more. Shepard was launched into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, which only had enough room for one person.