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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...
Jul 23, 2012 · Sally Ride, America's first woman in space communicates with ground controllers from the flight deck the 6-day Challenger mission.
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Feb 8, 2024 · The film will showcase never-before-seen archival footage that chronicles Sally Ride’s 27-year romance with life partner Tam O’Shaughnessy, which was kept secret from the public until the day...
Jun 18, 2023 · It has been 40 years since Sally Ride became the first woman from the United States to travel into outer space. June 18 marks the anniversary of Ride’s ceiling-shattering, six-day mission...
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...
Jun 18, 2018 · On June 18, 1983, NASA Astronaut Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space, when she launched with her four crewmates aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-7. Ride and five other women had been selected in 1978 for NASA Astronaut Group 8, the first American selection class to include females.
