initions." NASM.2014.0025-bx008-fd001_001 Slide 2 of 3 Download Image Sally Ride's handwritten notes on the operation of the Space Shuttle. This page features the "Orbiter Coordinate System" and the "Camera Location and Orientation in the Overhead Window." NASM.2014.0025-bx008-fd001_002 Slide 3 of 3 Download Image Sally K. Ride's handwritten notes on the Space Shuttle. The page contains drawings and equations to calculate angles for orbital photography. Gallery thumbnails Slide 1 of 3 Slide 2 of 3 Slide 3 of 3 Besides learning how to operate the Space Shuttle, Ride would also have to be well versed in the specifics of her assigned missions. These would take the form of packets related to the different tasks she and her fellow astronauts would have to perform at different stages of their respective shuttle flights. For Ride’s first Space Shuttle flight, she, and the rest of the STS-7 (Space Transportation System mission 7) crew were assigned to deploy two communication satellites, along with the first Shuttle Pallett Satellite (SPAS-1); perform experiments in the shuttle cargo bay and do testing on the tracking and data relay satellites (TDRS). Sally Ride’s main job was operating the robotic arm, Canadarm 1, to retrieve SPAS-1. The Sally K. Ride Papers contain items from both of Ride’s shuttle flights, including the Ascent Pocket Checklist (STS-7 ) and Entry Checklist (STS-41G ). View of Sally Ride's Space Shuttle Mission STS-7 Ascent Checklist. David M. Brown Official NASA astronaut portrait of David M. Brown (NASA Photo: JSC2002-00544). NASM.2006.0013-bx027-fd009_001 When David M. Brown became an astronaut in 1996, training for Space Shuttle missions had become a different beast altogether. For one, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 had greatly affected the work culture of NASA, with an emphasis on always acknowledging that space travel is difficult. The remaining ships in the Space Shuttle fleet were redesigned to have additional mechanisms, including