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- Following delivery, Sally Ride underwent shakedown and science verification activities, and was accepted by UNOLS for scientific service in the U.S. Academic Fleet on October 28, 2016.
scripps.ucsd.edu/system/files/2021-07/Handbook Sally Ride.2021-07-12.pdfResearch Vessel Sally Ride - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28) is a Neil Armstrong -class research vessel owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. [1] She was launched in 2014 and put into service in 2016. The ship was named for Sally Ride, the first US woman in space.
R/V Sally Ride was delivered to Scripps on 01 July 2016, following a four-year design/build process by shipbuilder Dakota Creek Industries (Anacortes, WA) and naval architect Guido Perla and Associates (Seattle, WA). Sally Ride is the second of the Navy’s Ocean AGOR class of research ships (the Neil Armstrong class).
Dr. Sally K. Ride (1951-2012) was the first American woman to travel into space. She graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in physics and a B.A. in English, and then going on to achieve an M.S. and PhD in physics while applying for the NASA shuttle program.
When she blasted off aboard Challenger on June 18, 1983, Sally became the first American woman—and, at 32, the youngest American—in space. Sally flew alongside her four male crewmates, Commander Robert Crippen, pilot Frederick Hauck, and fellow mission specialists John Fabian and Norman Thagard.
Owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, the 238-foot state-of-the-art ship is one of the most technologically advanced oceanographic research vessels in the world.
When she blasted off aboard Challenger on June 18, 1983, Sally became the first American woman—and, at 32, the youngest American—in space. During the six days of mission STS-7, she deployed and retrieved a satellite with the robotic arm. The crew also performed a variety of scientific experiments.
Sally Ride underwent shakedown and science verification activities, and was accepted by UNOLS for scientific service in the U.S. Academic Fleet on October 28, 2016.
