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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.
Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. [195] Vanessa L. Williams was the first African-American winner of the Miss America pageant (Miss America 1984). [196] Linda Foust was the first woman to drive in the U.S. Presidential motorcade as an Army non-commissioned officer. [197] 1984
With Sally Ride on STS-41-G In September 1985 Sullivan was assigned to the STS-61-J mission, which was scheduled to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in August 1986. [ 22 ] The original intention was that the HST would be periodically retrieved by the Space Shuttle and returned to Earth for maintenance, although some components were ...
And the work the Sally Ride Science Academy — started in 2001 by Ride, O’Shaughnessy and others — has done to expand STEM education makes space for all. Best of Variety The Best Albums of ...
Sally Ride, joint 120th person and the first American woman in space Guion Bluford, joint 125th person and the first African American in space Bruce McCandless, joint 133rd person in space and the first to perform an untethered EVA Rakesh Sharma, 139th person and the first Indian in space Anna Lee Fisher, joint 155th person and the first mother ...
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 ...
In 2001, Ride, O'Shaughnessy, and three like-minded friends—Karen Flammer, Terry McEntee, and Alann Lopes—founded Sally Ride Science with the goal of narrowing the gender gap in science. [ 19 ] From 2001 to 2015, O'Shaughnessy served as the company's Chief Creative Officer , overseeing all content—books, websites, and teacher training ...
Kristen Stewart is reaching for the stars: The Oscar nominee has signed on to play famed astronaut Sally Ride in an upcoming limited series chronicling the 1986 Challenger disaster, marking her ...