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Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles , she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space , after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
English: Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, takes your questions via Facebook and Twitter to kick off a night of astronomy at the White House. October 7, 2009. October 7, 2009. (Public Domain)
Sally Ride accomplished multiple firsts when she entered orbit in 1983 at the age of 32, breaking barriers for female astronauts and women in science.. Following her death in 2012 at age 61, a new ...
"Ride, Sally, Ride", a 2014 episode of the TV show Scandal season 3; Ride, Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman in Space, a 2015 biography of astronaut Sally Ride by Tam O'Shaughnessy; Ride Sally Ride (Sex Rules), a 2020 novel by Douglas Wilson (theologian)
Kristen Stewart will play Sally Ride in The Challenger, a limited TV series based on Meredith Bagby’s 2022 book, The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed ...
Sally Ride was the first American female astronaut to travel to space. As a role model to generations of young women, she advocated passionately for science education, stood up for racial and gender equality in the classroom, and taught students from every background that there are no limits to what they can accomplish.
Sally Ride (1951–2012), the first American woman in space, was an astronaut and physicist. Sally Ride may also refer to: Sally Ride Science , University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Sally Ride was born on May 26th, 1951. She was the first ever woman to go to space. Years later she could not believe she had made it into space. Another couple years later she got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The surgeons had to remove her stomach, gallbladder, and more. Couple days later she had died, she had closed her eyes and drifted ...