Women In NASA: Amazing Facts About the Ladies in the Aerospace Profession

Sally Ride

Aside from being the first American woman in space, Ride was the one who taught the men of NASA about basic biology.

Before her 1983 spaceflight men of NASA packed her things for a week-long stay in space and she was asked if 100 tampons would be enough for that duration.

“No. That would not be the right number,” she answered as she told them to cut it down by half.