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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.
The Ride Report is the informal name of the report titled NASA Leadership and America's Future in Space: A Report to the Administrator. [1] In 1986, a task force under the leadership of Sally Ride was asked to formulate a new strategy for NASA. The report was issued in 1987. The Ride Report proposed four main initiatives for study and evaluation.
Sally Ride May 26, 1951 died Jul. 23, 2012 United States: First American woman in space. STS-7 (Jun. 18, 1983) STS-41-G (Oct. 5, 1984) 4 Judith Resnik Apr. 5, 1949 died Jan. 28, 1986 United States: Fourth woman in space, second American woman in space. First Jewish woman in space. Died in the Challenger disaster. STS-41-D (Aug. 30, 1984)
In 1978, Ride was among the first women to enter NASA’s space program. Her groundbreaking compatriots were Judith Resnik, Anna Fisher, Shannon Lucid, Margaret Seddon and Kathryn Sullivan.
On June 18, 1983, a new era in NASA spaceflight began when Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly into space, but the groundwork for her accomplishments was laid decades beforehand in ...
Sally Ride accomplished multiple firsts when she entered orbit in 1983 at the age of 32, breaking barriers for female astronauts and women in science.. Following her death in 2012 at age 61, a new ...
Robert B. Hotz, editor, Aviation Week and Space Technology; Donald J. Kutyna, Air Force general with experience in ICBMs and shuttle management; Sally K. Ride, engineer, astrophysicist and first female American astronaut in space, flew on Challenger as part of missions STS-7 and STS-41-G. Later, she served on the Columbia Accident Investigation ...
STS-7 was NASA's seventh Space Shuttle mission, and the second mission for the Space Shuttle Challenger. During the mission, Challenger deployed several satellites into orbit. The shuttle launched from Kennedy Space Center on June 18, 1983, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base on June 24, 1983. STS-7 carried Sally Ride, America's first female ...