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 challenger’s 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 challenger’s 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:

The details describe Sally Ride (physicist, developed robotic arm), Valentina Tereshkova (parachutist, Soviet cosmonaut), and Kathryn Sullivan (oceanographer, spacewalk). The second option focuses on the first women in space and their unique skills (physics, parachuting, oceanography/remote sensing), which ties all three details. The first option is too broad (NASA astronauts generally, not just first women). The third option excludes Valentina Tereshkova (Soviet, not American) and focuses only on two, not the "first women" theme.

Answer:

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