Sally Ride

Sally Ride (b. 1951) was a member of the Space Shuttle 7 crew in June 1983, becoming the first woman to go into outer space. The following year, in January of 1984, she taped segments for Sesame Street, including a skit in which she demonstrates the letter A, as in astronaut. In documentary footage from production on Fraggle Rock, included in the Fraggle Rock: Complete First Season box set, designer Faz Fazakas recalled that Ride was a friend of writer Jerry Juhl, and claims that she practiced with the technology used in the Doozer Vehicles prior to operating the shuttle's robotic arm.