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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.

2. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-18963939Sally Ride, the first US woman in space, dies aged 61

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   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.

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5. www.jpl.nasa.gov › news › astronaut-educator-sallyAstronaut-Educator Sally Ride Passes Away | NASA Jet ...

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   Jul 23, 2012 · JPL Director Charles Elachi releases a statement on Sally K. Ride, America's first woman in space, who died on Monday, July 23. Sally Ride was an extraordinarily gifted scientist and explorer who used her talents in many ways to make the future better for all of us.

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6. www.nytimes.com › 2012/07/24 › scienceSally Ride, Trailblazing Astronaut, Dies at 61 - The New York ...

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   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 Web...

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   Jul 23, 2012 · Ride had been fighting pancreatic cancer for 17 months and died peacefully, her company Sally Ride Science announced today (July 23). When she was 32, Ride blasted off on the STS-7 mission of...

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   When did Sally Ride die?

   • 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.

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   Is Sally Ride dead or still alive?

   • "Sally Ride, First American Woman In Space, Dead At 61". Forbes. Jersey City, New Jersey. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2012. ^ Ride, Sally (1978). The interaction of X-rays with the interstellar medium (PhD thesis). Stanford University. Retrieved March 4, 2022. ^ Aceves, Ana V. (August 4, 2016).

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   Who is Sally Ride?

   • For their first match of March 2019, the women of the United States women's national soccer team each wore a jersey with the name of a woman they were honoring on the back; Tierna Davidson chose the name of Sally Ride. [ 78 ] NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan describes the impact of Sally Ride as an astronaut. Problems playing this file?

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   When did Sally Ride go into space?

   • Sally Ride and her crewmates rocket into space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger at 7:33 a.m. EDT on June 18, 1983. "The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it," Ride recalled in an interview for the 25th anniversary of her flight in 2008.

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   What did Sally Ride do after leaving NASA?

   • After leaving Nasa, Ride became a professor at University of California, San Diego, and served as a science fellow at Stanford University. She launched Sally Ride Science, which created science programmes and publications for young students, in 2001. She also wrote five children's science books.

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   When did Sally Ride receive the Presidential Medal of freedom?

   • A "National Tribute to Sally Ride" was held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on May 20, 2013. That day, President Barack Obama announced that Ride would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.

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   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.