But the journalist started wondering about the other women who had trained alongside Ride in NASA’s first coed astronaut class.
More than 1,500 women applied to become astronauts between 1976 and 1977, Grush writes.
"The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts" by Loren Grush is out September 12.
NASAWhy these astronauts’ experiences resonate todayWhile Ride was first, ultimately every member of The Six flew on a space shuttle.
In her book, Grush chronicles their journeys, including the 1986 Challenger disaster that killed Resnik on her second space shuttle flight.
Persons:
Sally Ride, “, crewmates, Loren Grush, ” Grush, —, “ I’m, ”, Grush, Arabella, Anita —, Miss Baker —, Ruth Bates Harris, Simon, Schuster, Judy Resnik, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, Anna Fisher, Rhea Seddon, Seddon, Fisher, Resnik, Sullivan, NBC’s Tom Brokaw, George Abbey, Abbey, Ride, Bob Crippen, Crippen, Sally wasn’t, ” Sullivan, “ NASA’s, Artemis
Organizations:
CNN, Bloomberg, NASA, Johnson Space Center, Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, ”, The, Challenger
Locations:
Houston, NASA's, Florida