STS-7

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NASA spaceflight Space Shuttle mission

STS-7 was a 1983 NASA Space Shuttle mission notable for carrying Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space during the flight.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA spaceflight ⓘ Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
callsign	Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ surface form: Challenger
carriedAstronaut	Sally K. Ride ⓘ surface form: Sally Ride
commander	Robert L. Crippen ⓘ surface form: Robert Crippen
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crewMember	Frederick H. Hauck ⓘ John M. Fabian NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman E. Thagard ⓘ Robert L. Crippen ⓘ surface form: Robert Crippen Sally K. Ride ⓘ
crewSize	5 ⓘ
firsts	first U.S. mission with a crew of five ⓘ first flight of Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01) ⓘ
followedBy	STS-8 ⓘ
landingDate	1983-06-24 ⓘ
landingSite	Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
launchDate	1983-06-18 ⓘ
launchMass	about 116,000 kg ⓘ
launchSite	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
missionDuration	2 hours ⓘ 23 minutes ⓘ 59 seconds ⓘ 6 days ⓘ
missionNumber	seventh Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
missionSpecialist	John M. Fabian NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman E. Thagard ⓘ Sally K. Ride ⓘ
missionType	satellite deployment and science mission ⓘ
notableFor	advancing women’s participation in NASA astronaut corps ⓘ first American woman in space ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
orbitApogee	approximately 306 km ⓘ
orbitInclination	28.5 degrees ⓘ
orbitingBody	Earth ⓘ
orbitPerigee	approximately 299 km ⓘ
orbitsCompleted	97 ⓘ
payload	ANIK C2 communications satellite ⓘ Getaway Special canisters ⓘ Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications-2 (OSTA-2) ⓘ PALAPA B1 communications satellite ⓘ Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01) ⓘ
pilot	Frederick H. Hauck ⓘ
precededBy	STS-6 ⓘ
program	NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ surface form: Space Shuttle program
spacecraft	Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
spacecraftSerialNumber	OV-099 ⓘ
yearOfSpaceflight	1983 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sally K. Ride → spaceMission → STS-7 ⓘ

Sally → spaceMission → STS-7 ⓘ

subject surface form: Sally Ride