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Jun 18, 2024 · See Sally Ride’s boundary-breaking life in photos. 41 years ago, she became the first American woman in space. Our photographer documents what was it like to be an astronaut—and queer—in the...
Feb 25, 2019 · Sally Ride, the first woman American woman in space, is featured in this photo gallery showing her in her groundbreaking role as a female astronaut.
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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 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 · Photo by Apic/Getty Images. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 61.
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Jul 23, 2012 · Astronaut Sally Ride is pictured on the space shuttle Challenger's middeck during the STS-7 mission.(Image credit: NASA) This story was updated at 3:45 p.m. EDT. Sally Ride, the first...