Sally Ride
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Sally Kristen Ride 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.
1951 — 2012
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Dr Sally Kristen Ride; Sally K. Ride; Sally Ride- Hawley
International Space Hall of Fame, Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Aviation Hall of Fame, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, National Women's Hall of Fame, NASA Space Flight Medal, California Hall of Fame, Harmon Trophy, Science Writing Award, Library of Congress Living Legend, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, Theodore Roosevelt Award, Women in Aviation International, Fellow of the American Physical Society,
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Astronauts Sally K. Ride (right) and Kathryn D. Sullivan, two of three mission specialists, synchronize their watches prior to ingressing the Space Shuttle Challenger on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
A Sally Ride Science pin, owned by Sally Ride herself and donated to the Air and Space Museum by her partner Tam O'Shaughnessy
Astronauts Sally K. Ride (right) and Kathryn D. Sullivan, two of three mission specialists, synchronize their watches prior to ingressing the Space Shuttle Challenger on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
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