STEM trailblazer BIOS ASTRONAUT AND PHYSICIST SALLY RIDE MARGARET J GOLDSTEIN
Chapter 1 BLAST OFF Astronaut John Glenn's family watches his 1962 space launch on TV February 20 1962 was an exciting day for the United States That's when astronaut John Glenn climbed into a small space capsule in Florida and huge rockets blasted him into space He became the first American to orbit Earth Millions of Americans watched the launch on TV
In Los Angeles California Sally Ride was watching too Her teacher at Encino Elementary School had wheeled a black and white TV set into her classroom so the students could watch the launch Sally was in sixth grade She didn't know what her future would hold She didn't know that she too would become an astronaut and the first American woman to fly in space Ride stands in her flight suit before her first launch into space in 1983
