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Three days before launch, Ride takes a last look at Houston before taking off in a T-38 jet, bound for NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Photo Gallery: Sally Ride

Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983.

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Commercializing Space: Expanding access to space while enabling the future of human space exploration.

Commercializing Space

Learn how NASA is changing the way it does business: investing in commercial space transportation and making the space station available for research.

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NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft

Dare Mighty Things

Explore this interactive timeline to learn about 50 years of planetary exploration.

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The NASA Spacesuit Interactive Feature

The NASA Spacesuit

Explore the "personal spacecraft" of astronauts, from the silver suit of the Mercury 7 to the "pumpkin suit" of shuttle astronauts.

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John Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule with assistance from technicians to begin his historic flight on Feb. 20, 1962.

John Glenn's Flight

Interactive feature from 2012 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first American in orbit.

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  • NASA Earth Month 2013 graphic.

    Earth Month 2013

    Explore NASA Earth Science highlights from the previous year.

  • Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper. Credit: NASA TV

    Faith 7: Gordon Cooper

    On May 15, 1963, "Gordo" Cooper made the final flight of NASA's Mercury program, logging more time in space than all the previous Mercury astronauts combined.

  • Day of Remembrance 2013

    Day of Remembrance

    Each year, we honor the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia crews and other members of the NASA family who lost their lives supporting NASA's mission.

  • NASA 2012 Year in Review.

    Year in Review: 2012

    In 2012, NASA continued to implement America's ambitious space exploration program, landing the most sophisticated rover on the surface of Mars, carrying out the first-ever commercial mission to the International Space Station and advancing the systems needed to send humans deeper into space.

  • Postcards

    Send Holiday Greetings to the Space Station

    You are invited to send holiday greetings to the crew up on the International Space Station during this holiday season.

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