NATURAL and NON-TOXIC ALTERNATIVES. See the Sea.org. It is not only when you use these chemical products that you are exposed to possibly negative effects. VOC's (volatile organic compounds) are part of many common household products. VOC's are found in the air of most homes where products such as cleaners are used and stored.
Sally Ride became the first American woman to go into space when she flew on the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. She made two shuttle flights, and later became a champion for science education and a role model for generations.
Share your tributes to Sally Ride. 1  Ride flew into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983 to become America's first woman in space. She took a second trip aboard the same shuttle one year later. 2  The first woman in space was Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who orbited the Earth 48 times in 1963.