As this special issue of the Florida Historical Quarterly has generously acknowledged, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. As important as that anniversary is to the people of Florida, 2008 marks an equally significant anniversary of the space age. June 18, 2008, was the 25" anniversary of the launch of STS-7, Challenger's second flight, and the first flight of Dr. Sally K. Ride. As many Americans will recognize the name, Sally Ride was the first American woman to fly in space.
"The Gendered Anniversary: the story of America's Women Astronauts,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 87:
2, Article 5.
Available at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol87/iss2/5