Country of Origin: United States of America
Dimensions:
Clothing (Laid Flat): 99.1 x 53.3 x 7.6cm (39 x 21 x 3 in.)
Clothing Size: XS-S
Materials:
Flame retardant cotton blend, Velcro, stainless steel, plastic, brass, elastic
Astronaut Sally K. Ride wore these clothes during the six-day STS-7 Space Shuttle mission aboard Challenger in June 1983, when she became the first U.S. woman in space. As a mission specialist in the first five-member Shuttle crew, she operated a variety of orbiter systems and experiment payloads. She participated in the launch of two commercial communications satellites and also operated the remote manipulator system arm to maneuver, release, and retrieve a free-flying satellite. The early Shuttle mission astronauts had a NASA-issued wardrobe of identical blue cotton-blend jackets, trousers, shorts and knit shirts.
Dr. Ride presented her in-flight suit to the Museum in a ceremony shortly after the STS-7 mission.
Transferred from National Aeronautics and Space Administration
