On 18 June 1983, during the 20th anniversary of Vostok 6's orbits, Sally Ride aboard OV-099 Space Shuttle Challenger for mission STS-7, became the third woman in space, and first non-Soviet woman, and first American woman, on a 5-man mission.
While in orbit, Nyberg was one of only two women in space on the 50th anniversary on June 16th 2013 of Vostok 6, the first spaceshot by a woman, Valentina Tereshkova, the other being Wang Yaping aboard the Tiangong-1 on the Shenzhou 10 mission.