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Jul 23, 2012 · Sally Ride, America's first woman in space communicates with ground controllers from the flight deck the 6-day Challenger mission. Credit: NASA JPL Director Charles Elachi releases a statement on Sally K. Ride, America's first woman in space, who died on Monday, July 23.
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Jul 25, 2012 · 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 first acknowledged gay astronaut.The revelation came in a low-key way ...
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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.
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...
Jul 24, 2012 · Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died yesterday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was also, as you may have heard by now, gay.
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...
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...
