The SixThe Six was an extraordinary cohort of women recruited by NASA in the seventies. Ride was just one member of the Six. Greeted in Houston by make up bags designed for use in space, no designated locker rooms, and flight suits that didn't fit, they went on to break barriers on earth and in space. In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to go into space. Anna Fisher was assigned to her first space flight while pregnant. Judy Resnik was killed