Question

review the details below.

• the first american woman to fly in space, physicist sally ride, helped to develop the robotic arm used to put satellites into orbit during space shuttle challengers 1983 mission.
• selected for her skill as a parachutist, the soviet unions first female cosmonaut, valentina tereshkova, was launched into space in 1963 on board the vostok 6.
• oceanographer kathryn sullivan researched remote sensing prior to joining nasa and becoming the first woman to perform a spacewalk during challengers 1984 mission.

choose the best topic sentence to introduce a paragraph containing these details.

• nasa employs astronauts with a science or engineering background who can perform different tasks in space.
• the first women to fly in space brought a unique set of skills to their space programs.
• sally ride and kathryn sullivan were the first american women to fly and walk in space, respectively.

Explanation:

• Analyze each option:
• Option 1: Focuses on NASA's astronaut requirements, not the details about the first women in space.
• Option 2: The details describe Sally Ride (physicist, developed robotic arm), Valentina Tereshkova (parachutist), and Kathryn Sullivan (oceanographer, spacewalk). All are first women in space with unique skills (physics, parachuting, oceanography/remote sensing) for their space programs. This matches the content.
• Option 3: Only mentions American women, but the details include a Soviet woman (Valentina Tereshkova), so it's incomplete.

Answer:

The first women to fly in space brought a unique set of skills to their space programs.