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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.
When astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, many in the crowd attending the launch wore T-shirts printed with a play on the lyric, "Ride, Sally Ride." [17] On Fox's TV show Glee, Noah Guthrie covered the song in the second episode of the sixth season ("Homecoming").
"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)
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 Elementary School, Orange County Public Schools, Orange County, Florida, USA
Kings Island started teasing visitors during the Fourth of July weekend in 2008 with signs saying, "Ride Sally ride" and "Steep incline ahead." [5] Diamondback was announced on August 6, 2008 as the largest investment in Kings Island history. The ride was topped off with the 230 foot (70 m) lift hill on October 30.
The Ride Report is the informal name of the report titled NASA Leadership and America's Future in Space: A Report to the Administrator. [1] In 1986, a task force under the leadership of Sally Ride was asked to formulate a new strategy for NASA. The report was issued in 1987. The Ride Report proposed four main initiatives for study and evaluation.
Sally Ride (1951–2012), American astronaut; William Ride (1926–2011), ... Ride (band), English rock band; Ride, musical improvisation, common in early jazz;
Ride, the first American woman in space, is shown holding a Space Shuttle in her right hand and pointing it skywards. She flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger twice, on mission STS-7 in 1983 and STS-41-G in 1984. The statue, by George Lundeen, Mark Lundeen, and Joey Bainer, is seven feet tall. The plaque is inscribed: SALLY RIDE