STS-7 and STS-8: First American woman and first African-American in space

 Sally Ride became the first female U.S. astronaut during the STS-7 mission in 1983.NASA

The first of these photos show Sally Ride, the  on board the space shuttle Challenger in 1983 during STS-7. Above, she is pictured in a mission specialist seat preparing for de-

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The below shows Guion "Guy" Bluford, who became the first African-American astronaut to fly in space on board Challenger during STS-8. He is pictured in-flight using one of the shuttle's treadmills.