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First Class of Female Astronauts
The first female astronaut candidates accepted in 1978. From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. They were part of the group known as the 'Thirty-five New Guys' since it was NASA's first astronaut program in eight years.