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Columbia of Johnson Space Center (JSC) and Florida and Edwards Air Force Base
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Sally Ride, First U.S. Woman
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Sally Ride, First U.S. Woman in Space |
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Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. Born on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, she received a Bachelor in Physics and English in 1973 from Stanford University and, later, a Master in Physics in 1975 and a Doctorate in Physics in 1978, also from Stanford. NASA selected Dr. Ride as an astronaut candidate in January 1978. She completed her training in August 1979, and began her astronaut career as a mission specialist on STS-7, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on June 18, 1983. The mission spent 147 hours in space before landing on a lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California on June 24, 1983. Dr. Ride also served as a mission specialist on STS-41-G, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on October 5, 1984 and landed 197 hours later at Kennedy Space Center, Florida on October 13, 1984. In June 1985, NASA assigned Dr. Ride to serve as mission specialist on STS-61-M. She discontinued mission training in January 1986 to serve as a member of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger accident, also known as the Rogers Commission. Upon completing the investigation she returned to NASA Headquarters as Special Assistant to the Administrator for Long Range and Strategic Planning, where she lead a team that wrote NASA Leadership and America's Future in Space:A Report to the Administrator in August 1987. Dr. Ride has also written a children's book, To Space and Back, describing her experiences in space, has received the Jefferson Award for Public Service, and has twice been awarded the National Spaceflight Medal. Her latest books include Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of the Solar System and The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space. She was also a member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), which investigated the February 1, 2003 loss of Space Shuttle Columbia. Dr. Ride is currently a physics professor and Director of the California Space Institute at the University of California, San Diego. |
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06/1984 |
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Johnson Space Center |
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After completing it's first orbital mission with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base on April 14, 1981, Space Shuttle Columbia received a humorous sendoff before it's ferry flight atop a modified 747 back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Holding the sign are, left to right: Melvin Burke, DFRC Orbital Flight Test (OFT) Program Manager, Isaac 'Ike' Gillam, DFRC Center Director, Fitzhugh 'Fitz' L. Fulton Jr., NASA DFRC 747 SCA Pilot, and Donald K. 'Deke' Slayton, JSC OFT Project Manager. |
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April 28, 1981 |
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Post landing view of the Col
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Post landing view of the Columbia on runway with deservicing vehicles and crew |
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Side landing view of the Columbia on runway with main wheels just touching runway (45652), Columbia undergoes post landing safing measures and other closeout activities before being readied for its trip back to Florida. The scene at dusk was shot on Runway 17 at Edwards Air Force Base (45653,45655), Columbia undergoing closeout activites on Runway 17 at Edwards. In the air above the orbiter a helicopter can be seen (45654), Front landing view of Columbia's main wheels just touching the runway at Edwards AFB (45656). |
| Date Taken |
1983-12-09 |
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Post landing view of the Col
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| Title |
Post landing view of the Columbia on runway with deservicing vehicles and crew |
| Description |
Side landing view of the Columbia on runway with main wheels just touching runway (45652), Columbia undergoes post landing safing measures and other closeout activities before being readied for its trip back to Florida. The scene at dusk was shot on Runway 17 at Edwards Air Force Base (45653,45655), Columbia undergoing closeout activites on Runway 17 at Edwards. In the air above the orbiter a helicopter can be seen (45654), Front landing view of Columbia's main wheels just touching the runway at Edwards AFB (45656). |
| Date Taken |
1983-12-09 |
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Post landing view of the Col
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| Title |
Post landing view of the Columbia on runway with deservicing vehicles and crew |
| Description |
Side landing view of the Columbia on runway with main wheels just touching runway (45652), Columbia undergoes post landing safing measures and other closeout activities before being readied for its trip back to Florida. The scene at dusk was shot on Runway 17 at Edwards Air Force Base (45653,45655), Columbia undergoing closeout activites on Runway 17 at Edwards. In the air above the orbiter a helicopter can be seen (45654), Front landing view of Columbia's main wheels just touching the runway at Edwards AFB (45656). |
| Date Taken |
1983-12-09 |
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Post landing view of the Col
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| Title |
Post landing view of the Columbia on runway with deservicing vehicles and crew |
| Description |
Side landing view of the Columbia on runway with main wheels just touching runway (45652), Columbia undergoes post landing safing measures and other closeout activities before being readied for its trip back to Florida. The scene at dusk was shot on Runway 17 at Edwards Air Force Base (45653,45655), Columbia undergoing closeout activites on Runway 17 at Edwards. In the air above the orbiter a helicopter can be seen (45654), Front landing view of Columbia's main wheels just touching the runway at Edwards AFB (45656). |
| Date Taken |
1983-12-09 |
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Post landing view of the Col
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| Title |
Post landing view of the Columbia on runway with deservicing vehicles and crew |
| Description |
Side landing view of the Columbia on runway with main wheels just touching runway (45652), Columbia undergoes post landing safing measures and other closeout activities before being readied for its trip back to Florida. The scene at dusk was shot on Runway 17 at Edwards Air Force Base (45653,45655), Columbia undergoing closeout activites on Runway 17 at Edwards. In the air above the orbiter a helicopter can be seen (45654), Front landing view of Columbia's main wheels just touching the runway at Edwards AFB (45656). |
| Date Taken |
1983-12-09 |
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STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Veh
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STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lands on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif |
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STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lands on concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. Landing occurred at 7:30 am (Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)). This profile view of OV-102's starboard side looks from the space shuttle main engines (SSMEs) to the nose as the main landing gear (MLG) glides along the runway surface and the nose landing gear (NLG) rides above it. EAFB facilities are visible in the distant background with desert scrub brush in the foreground. Weather at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida forced flight controllers to switch the landing site to EAFB on the last day of the mission. |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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STS-55 Columbia, OV-102, dra
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STS-55 Columbia, OV-102, drag chute deployment during landing at EAFB, Calif |
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STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, drag chute is deployed during landing sequence on concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. Main landing gear (MLG) touchdown occurred at 7:30 am (Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)). With nose landing gear (NLG) and MLG riding along the runway, the drag chute unfurls behind OV-102. This view looks at OV-102's space shuttle main engines (SSMEs) and deployed rudder/speedbrake system on the vertical tail (stabilizer) and down the port side to the nose cone as it slows to a stop. Use of the drag chute was part of Detailed Test Objective (DTO) 521, Orbiter drag chute system. In the distant background are EAFB facilities (buildings) with desert scrub brush in the foreground. Weather at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida forced flight controllers to switch the landing site to EAFB on the last day of the mission. |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Veh
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STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lands on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif |
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STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lands on concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. Landing occurred at 7:30 am (Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)). This profile view of OV-102's port side shows the main landing gear (MLG) gliding along the runway surface as the nose landing gear (NLG) rides above it. An airport control tower is visible in the distant background with desert scrub brush in the foreground. Weather at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida forced flight controllers to switch the landing site to EAFB on the last day of the mission. |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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