sally ride

     

Halls of fame into which she's been inducted include the California, National Women's, National Aviation & U.S. Astronaut

Trivia about sally ride

  • The June 1983 Challenger flight had the first 5-person crew, including this first U.S. woman in space
  • In 1983 this California girl became the first American woman in space
  • This astronaut dropped out of Swarthmore to pursue a tennis career but later earned her Ph.D. at Stanford
  • In 1989 this first U.S. woman in space became a professor of physics at UCSD & director of the Ca. Space Institute
  • After answering a NASA newspaper notice in the '70s, she became America's first woman in space
  • In 2003 she became the first woman inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
  • She wrote the children's book "To Space and Back"
  • She took a 6-day shuttle ride in 1983
  • She was "launched" for the second time in 1984
  • Against Billie Jean King's advice, she gave up tennis & eventually became the first American woman in space
  • In 1983 she became the first American woman & the youngest American to travel into space
  • This astronaut, seen here on the Challenger, later served on the presidential commission that investigated its explosion
  • In 1984 Kathryn Sullivan became the 1st U.S. woman to walk in space as this woman made her second shuttle trip
  • She answered an ad in her college paper looking for astronauts, & in 1983 became the first American woman in space
  • This first American woman in space heads a company geared to girls who are interested in science & math