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.
Pioneering Astronaut Sally Ride Almost Opted For Tennis. In 1983, Sally Rideâs trip to space took a giant leap for both women and young people at NASA. Ride, who died on Monday of pancreatic cancer at 61, became the first woman and at 32, the youngest American at the time to enter space. One non-science interest in Ride's life almost blocker her career as an astronaut: Tennis.