On June 24, 1983 (the 14th fifth month of the lunar calendar), a woman entered space for the first time. On June 24, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, USA after completing a six-day mission. This made Sally Ryder the first American woman to enter the sky. The 32-year-old physicist became one of five crew members aboard the Challenger when the space shuttle made its seventh space flight. During the flight, the crew launched two satellites from over Canada and Indonesia. Ryder used the space shuttle's autonomous control arm to put a West German satellite into orbit and then retrieve it back. As aerospace officials say, this heralds a new era. In this era, satellites can complete normal maintenance work without having to be brought back to earth. A crowd of 250,000 watched the Challenger's return, many wearing sweatshirts with the words "Ryder-Sally, Ryder" printed on it. The only flaw was that the Challenger failed to land at Cape Canaveral on its return to Earth as originally planned. Officials say Florida's weather forecast is cloudy and rainy, which could damage the sophisticated heat-resistant bricks used to protect spacecraft during re-entry.