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Sally Ride, First U.S. Woman in Space, Dies. ABC News. 16.5M subscribers. Subscribed. 217. 32K views 11 years ago. America's original female astronaut remembered as a trailblazer. For More ...
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Sally Ride, who blazed trails into orbit as the first American woman in space, died Monday of pancreatic cancer. She was 61. (July 23)Subscribe to the Associ...
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The space pioneer battled cancer for 17 months.For more on this story, click here: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sally-ride-dead-american-woman-astronaut-...
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 25, 2012 · Why Sally Ride waited until her death to tell the world she was gay. In life, Sally Ride became famous as America's first woman in space — and in death, she's now added to her fame as the...
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Jun 18, 2024 · 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 had never revealed: her 27-year...
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Jul 24, 2012 · Dr. Sally Kristen Ride, the first U.S. woman in space, died at age 61 on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Ride shattered NASA’s gender barrier and earned her place in...