Who is Sally Ride
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. She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32.Ride was a graduate of Stanford University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 1973, a Master of Science degree in physics in 1975, and a Doctor of Philosophy in physics in 1978 for research on the interaction of X-rays with the interstellar medium. She was selected as a mission specialist astronaut with NASA Astrona...
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- The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.
- The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.
- The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program.
- I did not come to NASA to make history.
- It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.
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Brimixoxo: anyone else randomly remember there was a nights in white satin dark ride at one point built by sally corpFossil_hill: fhms celebrates sally ride. she was the first american woman in space. ride was 1 of 5 crew members aboard the space shuttle challenger sts-7. on june 18, 1983, she became the first american woman in space and the youngest american in space at that time.
Rockmeetswater: life lesson: don't follow the asses. be like sally & ride your own bike in this life.
Ktdidfl12: ride, sally, ride.
Smithmteagle: bedford museum and genealogical library’s women’s history month celebrates sally ride
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