First female astronauts selected by NASA

I thought whilst we wait on some more articles I would celebrate a particularly important date that is often overlooked:

On this day in 1978 “NASA introduced its first female astronauts when it named the eighth class of astronaut candidates. This class of 35 included six women: Anna Fisher, Shannon Lucid, Judith Resnik, Sally Ride, Rhea Seddon and Kathryn Sullivan. All six eventually flew on the space shuttle. And Shannon Lucid set an endurance record for American astronauts with a six-month stay on Russia’s Mir space station.” (source)

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