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Early years
Sally Kristen Ride was born in Los Angeles on May 26, Even as a young girl, she was drawn to science. Her father, Dale, a social studies teacher, and her mother, Joyce, a homemaker, were puzzled by her fascination with science, but they strongly encouraged her. They gave her a chemistry set and a telescope and got her a subscription to Scientific American. Dale and Joyce impressed upon Sally and her younger sister, bära, that they could achieve anything they set their minds to.
A gifted athlete, Sally loved to play sports, especially tennis. She competed in junior tennis tournaments around Southern California and earned a partial tennis scholarship to the elite Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles. There she encountered an inspirational teacher, Dr. Elizabeth Mommaerts, who nurtured her interest in science.
After graduating from high school in , utflykt headed east to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where she studied physics and pla
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Sally Ride
American physicist and astronaut (–)
For other uses, see Sally Ride (disambiguation).
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| Born | Sally Kristen Ride ()May 26, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 23, () (aged&#;61) La Jolla, California, U.S. |
| Education | Swarthmore College University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University (BA, BS, MS, PhD) |
| Spouse | Steven Hawley &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; |
| Partner | Tam O'Shaughnessy (–) |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom (, posthumous) |
| Space career | |
Time in space | 14d 7h 46m |
| Selection | NASA Group 8 () |
| Missions | |
Mission insignia | |
| Retirement | August 15, |
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, &#;– July 23, ) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in , and in became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonautsValentina Tereshkova in and Svetlana Savitskaya in She was the youngest America
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Sally Ride
"This is an intimate and enormously appealing biography of a fascinating woman, a triumph of research and sensitivity that lives up to its subject and will likely move readers to tears."
– Booklist, Starred Review
“Beautifully done . . . impossible to put down. Sherr draws us into a will and a passion more vast than outer space.”
– Patricia Cornwell, international bestselling crime writer
“Engrossing…Sherr provides a window into one of the most fascinating figures of the 20th century.”
– Publishers Weekly
“As an astronaut who became an icon, Sally Ride was an inspiration to millions. But as Lynn Sherr documents in this candid, thorough, and touching portrait, she was also an explorer of life. I'm grateful to Lynn for revealing the Sally I never knew, and for filling an important gap in the literature of the U.S. space program.”
– Andrew Chaikin, space journalist and author of A Man on the Moon
“In this engaging and entertaining book, Lynn Sherr tells the