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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.
Jul 24, 2012 · Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died on Monday at her home in San Diego. She was 61. The cause was pancreatic cancer, her company, Sally Ride Science, announced on its...
Jul 24, 2012 · Sally Ride, the first US woman to travel into space, has died aged 61, 17 months after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, her foundation says.
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Jul 24, 2012 · Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, died on Monday of pancreatic cancer. She was 61 years old. Ride is best known for her extraterrestrial exploits, but she was also a scientist.
Jul 23, 2012 · Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her company said. She was 61. “Sally lived her life to the fullest, with...
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Jul 23, 2012 · Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died Monday (July 23) at the age of 61. Ride made history when she launched aboard the space shuttle Challenger on the STS-7 mission in...
The soft-spoken California physicist broke the gender barrier on June 18, 1983, when she became the first American woman in space. Sally Ride died on July 23, 2012, at the age of 61. This tribute is based on earlier interviews and remembrances by her colleagues.
