Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

The first American woman to pilot a spacecraft:

  1. Eileen Collins

  2. Sally Ride

  3. Valentina Tereshkova

  4. Mae Jemison
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Eileen Collins became the first American woman to pilot a spacecraft when she commanded STS-63 (Discovery) in 1995. Sally Ride was the first American woman in space (1983) but not the first to pilot. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space overall (Soviet, 1963). Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space (1992).

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