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Correct Answer: Option B — Sally Ride Sally Ride is the correct answer because flew aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on STS-7 in June 1983. Why the other options are incorrect: - Option A — Junko Tabei: Junko Tabei is instead associated with the fact that reached the Everest summit on 16 May 1975. - Option C — Svetlana Savitskaya: Svetlana Savitskaya is instead associated with the fact that conducted a spacewalk outside Salyut 7 on 25 July 1984. - Option D — Karen Uhlenbeck: Karen Uhlenbeck is instead associated with the fact that won the 2019 Abel Prize for pioneering work in geometric analysis and gauge theory. Exam Takeaway: Link Sally Ride with “the first American woman to travel into space” and remember the associated event or year.
