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30：物語3（Stories3）
66: The First American Woman in Space
Activity 1. Read the fact below
In 1977, over eight thousand aspiring young scientists applied to NASA’s call for astronauts in the Stanford University paper. Among them only thirty-five got lucky, six of whom were women. One was 26-year-old Physics and English major Sally Ride. After undergoing extensive training that included parachute jumping, water survival, gravity and weightlessness training, radio communications and navigation, and flight training proved to be so enjoyable for Miss Ride that flying became her favorite hobby. Ride also served as communications officer, relaying radio messages from mission control to the shuttle crews, and she designed the remote mechanical arm used by shuttle crews to deploy and retrieve satellites.In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on the shuttle Challenger STS-7. Her next flight was an eight-day mission in 1984, again on Challenger STS 41-G. Her cumulative hours of space flight are more than 343.
Activity 2. Answer the questions below
- Who was the first woman in space?
- Where did she graduate from?
- When did she become the first woman in space?
- What did she do aboard the space shuttle?
- How many hours in space has she accumulated?
