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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 US woman to travel into space, has died aged 61 from pancreatic cancer. She blasted off in the US space shuttle Challenger in June 1983, pioneering a new era of women in...
Astronaut Sally Ride, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2012, inspired a generation of women to excel in science.
- She aspired to play shortstop for the Dodgers. Growing up in Los Angeles, Sally was a huge Dodgers fan. Her father, Dale, often challenged her to calculate baseball stats.
- Her parents didn’t understand her interest in science. Sally’s mom and dad were puzzled by her fascination with science, but they strongly encouraged her.
- She was an avid stamp collector. Sally started collecting Olympic stamps during a European trip with her family when she was 9. In her teens, she focused on stamps honoring space explorers.
- She and her future life partner were girlhood pals. Sally first met Tam O’Shaughnessy when they were preteens playing on the junior tennis circuit in Southern California.
Jul 23, 2012 · In the course of her too-brief career, Sally Ride was many things: astronaut, educator, trail-blazer. But America’s first woman in space, who died of pancreatic cancer July 23 at age 61, also...
- Paul Hoversten
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.
Sally Ride (1951-2012) NASA Astronaut / 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.
