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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.

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3. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleSee astronaut Sally Ride’s boundary-breaking life in photos

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   Jun 18, 2024 · June 18, 2024. • 12 min read. When pioneering female astronaut Sally Ride died of pancreatic cancer in 2012, a single line in her obituary told the story a lifetime of press coverage and fame...

4. www.nbcnews.com › science › cosmic-logMonths after death, Sally Ride wins honors from White House ...

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   May 21, 2013 · The White House and NASA say they will honor America's first woman in space, Sally Ride, by giving her a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom and putting her name on the camera she helped...

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6. www.pbs.org › newshour › scienceSally Ride, First American Woman in Space, Dies at 61

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   Jul 23, 2012 · Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 61. She made history when she rode the space shuttle Challenger into orbit...

7. www.theverge.com › 2012/7/23 › 3180365Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, passes away at 61

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   Jul 24, 2012 · The Tesla Cybercab is a cool-looking prototype that needed to be much more than that. The New York Times takes a look at Sally Ride's life, following her death at 61 from pancreatic cancer.

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8. 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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   How did Sally Ride die?

   • Sally Ride monitors control panels from the pilot’s chair on the flight deck of the Challenger shuttle on June 25, 1983. Floating in front of her is a flight procedures notebook. 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.

   Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space, Dies at 61

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   Who was Sally Ride?

   • Sally Ride communicating with ground controllers during the six-day space mission of the Challenger in 1983. NASA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died on Monday at her home in San Diego. She was 61.

   Sally Ride, Trailblazing Astronaut, Dies at 61 - The New York Times

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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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   Was Sally Ride the real thing?

   • Sally Ride was the real stuff. She really was. In every sense of the word, she was the embodiment of what NASA in the post-Apollo era about. If Neil Armstrong represents the embodiment of the pinnacle of the Apollo era, the moon-race era, then Sally Ride is the personification of the shuttle era.

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   How did Carrie ride die?

   • She died last year at the age of 61 after a 17-month struggle with pancreatic cancer. In a statement on Monday, President Barack Obama announced that Ride would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a White House ceremony later this year.

   Months after death, Sally Ride wins honors from White House and NASA

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   Why was the Sally Ride EarthKAM renamed?

   • NASA said a camera aboard the space station would be renamed the Sally Ride EarthKAM in honor of the late astronaut, who initiated the EarthKAM program in 1995. The camera was flown in space during five shuttle missions and was moved to the space station in 2001.

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10. blogs.voanews.com › science-world › 2012/07/24Space Pioneer Sally Ride Dies at 61 – Science World - VOA

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    Jul 24, 2012 · Sally Ride’s official astronaut portrait. She joined the astronaut corps in 1978. (Photo: NASA) Dr. Sally Kristen Ride, the first U.S. woman in space, died at age 61 on Monday after a...