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National Air and Space Museum STS-7 Medal awarded to Sally Ride, 1980s. This medal was awarded to Dr. Sally K. Ride by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in recognition of the STS-7 space shuttle flight. At the same ceremony where she received the medal, Ride donated her flown STS-7 flight suit to the museum. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space when she flew aboard STS-7 in 1983. Her second and last space mission was STS-41G in 1984.