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Sally Ride's Astronaut Class Completely Changed NASA's ...


Astronaut Sally Ride Blazed a Trail for Women and Queer People in ...

On the morning of June 18, 1983, thousands of people flocked to the beaches in Florida just south of NASA's Kennedy Space Center to watch ...

Women in Space Spotlight: How NASA Picked Sally Ride to Become ...

One such individual is Sally Ride, the first female astronaut (and youngest American astronaut at the time) to fly in space. Ride's 1983 voyage ...

Sally Ride broke through a NASA ceiling 40 years ago, but she ...

Sally Ride was the first American woman in space when she rode on Space Shuttle Challenger from KSC's Launch Complex 39-A on June 18, 1983.

The legacy of Sally Ride: America's first woman in space

That change began with the recruitment of a more diverse group of astronaut candidates, who would become the famous NASA Astronaut Group 8 ...

See astronaut Sally Ride's boundary-breaking life in photos

The assignment came with a healthy dose of sexism: After NASA announced she'd be its first female astronaut, newspapers peppered her with ...

Educator and Former Astronaut Sally Ride Has Died (Updated)

Sally Ride was the first American woman to fly in space on June 18, 1983 as part of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger. She flew twice in ...

Sally Ride: the Life and Legacy of the 1st American Woman in Space

It was a huge step for Ride, and also a something of a learning curve for NASA, which she said had to make changes like introducing a women's ...

ESA - NASA: the Space Shuttle era

When NASA's 1978 astronaut class was selected, it was notable for many ... Sally Ride. Yet NASA and those pioneering women astronauts still ...

Sally Ride: the first American woman in space - NY1

Ride completed NASA training in 1979, officially becoming an astronaut, making her qualified and eligible for assignment on Space Shuttle ...

Sally Ride: the First American Woman in Space - ThoughtCo

A pioneer of the final frontier, she charted a new course for Americans to follow, not only into the country's space program, but by inspiring ...

Sally Ride - California Museum

A nationally ranked tennis player, Ride joined NASA in 1978 as part of the first astronaut class to accept women. As part of her training she was the ...

“You're Not In A Simulator”: Remembering the Ride of Sally Ride ...

Forty years ago, today, America launched its first woman into space. Physicist Dr. Sally Ride rocketed to orbit aboard shuttle Challenger, ...

Astronaut. Physicist. Educator. 40 years ago, Sally Ride became the ...

Astronaut Sally Ride, in a blue flight suit with NASA and STS-7 mission.

Today marks 38 years since Sally Ride's first flight - Space Explored

38 years ago today, on June 18th, 1983, NASA astronaut Sally K. Ride became the first American woman to fly into space on the STS-7 mission.

Sally Ride - (Intro to Women's Studies) - Fiveable

NASA played a crucial role in Sally Ride's career by selecting her as an astronaut candidate in 1978. During her missions on the Space Shuttle Challenger, she ...

Kristen Stewart To Play Astronaut Sally Ride In 'The Challenger' TV ...

– Sally Ride was the third woman to fly in space. She was the first woman from NASA Group 8 to fly in space. “Ride then became the only ...

Sally Ride | Book by Lynn Sherr - Simon & Schuster

A member of the first astronaut class to include women, she broke through a quarter-century of white male fighter jocks when NASA chose her for the seventh ...

Kristen Stewart cast as trailblazing lesbian astronaut Sally Ride

According to Deadline, The Challenger will chart NASA's efforts to diversify its pilots and crew for the space shuttle program. NASA Astronaut ...

Sally Ride and the Quest for Social Space

Sally Ride followed her NASA missions with a substantive career as a scientist. She distinguished herself as part of the investigatory teams ...

40 years ago, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space

Mission specialist Sally Ride and four other NASA crew members lifted off on a six-day mission that would orbit Earth and deploy communications ...