Sally Kristen Ride
NASA Astronaut
Nationality	American
Status	Retired
Born	May 26, 1951 Encino, Los Angeles, California
Space time	14d 07h 46m
Selection	1978 NASA Group
Missions	STS-7, STS-41-G
Mission insignia
Retirement	August 15, 1997

Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26, 1951) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut who in 1983 became the first American woman to reach outer space. She was going to be a pro tennis player, but refused because she believed education was worth everything. One day she saw an ad in the newspaper, decided she wanted to be an astronaut and she was 1 in 1000 to be picked^[1][2]. She was preceded by two Soviet women, Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982). At the time, she was the youngest American to enter outer space. She was married for a time to NASA Astronaut Steve Hawley. Sally Ride Cropped, resized; original from http://images. ... For other uses, see NASA (disambiguation). ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Encino” redirects here. ... 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1987 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2000 2003 2004 1958 June 25 - Man In Space Soonest - USA The first group of American astronaut candidates were selected... STS-7 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Challenger, launched June 18, 1983. ... STS 41-G marked the thirteenth flight of a Space Shuttle and the sixth flight of the Challenger. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (647x656, 779 KB)Picture of Space Shuttle Mission STS-7 Patch File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links STS-41-G_patch. ... This article is about the day of the year. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Not to be confused with physician, a person who practices medicine. ... For other uses, see NASA (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Astronaut (disambiguation). ... A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit in which objects such as satellites are below intermediate circular orbit (ICO) and far below geostationary orbit, but typically around 350 - 1400 km above the Earths surface. ... CCCP redirects here. ... 1963 USSR postage stamp depicting Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: ; born March 6, 1937), is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 on the 16th of June 1963. ... Svetlana Yevgeniyena Savitskaya - first woman to perform a space-walk Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Russian: ; born August 8, 1948, in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet female cosmonaut who flew the Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space some 19 years after Valentina Tereshkova. ... Steven A. Hawley (born December 12, 1951) is a NASA mission-specialist astronaut, who has made 5 spaceflights so far. ...

Early life and education

Sally Ride was born in Los Angeles in 1951 , and is the oldest child of Carol Joyce (née Anderson) and Dale Burdell Ride. She is of Norwegian ancestry. Sally has a sister named Karen 'Bearful' Ride, who became a Presbyterian minister. she attended portola middle school.Dr. Ride attended high school at Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles (now Harvard-Westlake School) on a scholarship, where she played tennis. In addition to being interested in science she was a nationally ranked tennis player. She initially attended Swarthmore College but received her bachelor's degrees (in English and physics) from Stanford University near Palo Alto, California. She then received a master's degree and a Ph.D. in physics at the same institution, while doing research in astrophysics and free-electron laser physics.^[1][2] “Encino” redirects here. ... Née redirects here. ... About Harvard-Westlake School is one of the top college preparatory institutions in Los Angeles, California. ... Harvard-Westlake School is a secular, independent, coeducational college preparatory day school located in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California with approximately 1,600 students enrolled in grades 7 through 12. ... Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,450 students. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. ... English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Stanford redirects here. ... Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Clara Government  - Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto[1] Area  - City 25. ... A masters degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded after the completion of an academic program of one to six years in duration. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... Spiral Galaxy ESO 269-57 Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties (luminosity, density, temperature, and chemical composition) of celestial objects such as stars, galaxies, and the interstellar medium, as well as their interactions. ...

NASA career

Ride was one of 8,900 people to answer an advertisement in a newspaper seeking applicants for the space program.^[3] As a result, Ride joined NASA in 1978. During her career Sally was the Capsule Communicator (CapCom) for the second and third Space Shuttle flights (STS-2 and STS-3) and helped develop the Space Shuttle's robot arm.^[2] On June 18, 1983 she became the first American woman in space as a crewmember on Space Shuttle Challenger for STS-7. On STS-7, the 5-person crew deployed two communications satellites, conducted pharmaceutical experiments, and was the first to use the robot arm in space and the first to use the arm to retrieve a satellite. Her second space flight was in 1984, also on board the Challenger. She has cumulatively spent more than 343 hours in space. Ride was 8 months into training for her third flight at the time of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident.^[2] She was named to the Presidential Commission investigating the accident, and headed its Subcommittee on Operations.^[2] After the investigation, Ride was assigned to NASA headquarters in Washington, DC. There she led NASA's first strategic planning effort, authoring a report entitled "Leadership and America's Future in Space", and founded NASA's Office of Exploration.^[1] she was the first woman astronaut in command for NASA For other uses, see NASA (disambiguation). ... Flight controller: a space flight control room position at NASAs Mission Control Center. ... STS-2 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched November 12, 1981. ... STS-3 was the third space shuttle mission, and was the third mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. ... The Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) is the Space Shuttles robotic arm. ... is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... This article is about the space vehicle. ... Space Shuttle Challenger (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was NASAs second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, Columbia being the first. ... STS-7 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Challenger, launched June 18, 1983. ... STS-7 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Challenger, launched June 18, 1983. ... For further information about Challengers mission and crew, see STS-51-L. The iconic image of Space Shuttle Challengers smoke plume after its breakup 73 seconds after launch. ... The Rogers Commission Report was created by a Presidential Commission charged to investigate the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion on its 10th mission, STS-51-L. The comprehensive 225-page report documented the technical and managerial factors that contributed to the accident. ... The Ride Report is the informal name of the report titled NASA Leadership and Americas Future in Space: A Report to the Administrator. ...

After NASA

In 1987, Ride left to work at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Arms Control. In 1989, she became a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego and Director of the California Space Institute. In 2003, she was asked to serve on the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Board. She is currently on leave from the university, and is the President and CEO of Sally Ride Science, a company she founded in 2001, that creates entertaining science programs and publications for upper elementary and middle school students, with a particular focus on girls.^[4][5][6] The University of California, San Diego (popularly known as UCSD, or sometimes UC San Diego) is a highly selective, research-oriented[1] public university located in La Jolla, a seaside resort community of San Diego, California. ... Sally Ride Science was founded by astronaut Sally Ride to support the large numbers of girls who are, or might become, interested in science, math and technology. ... This article is about the year. ...

Ride has written or co-written multiple books on space, aimed at children with the goal of encouraging children to study science.^[2][7][8]

Awards and honors

Ride has received numerous honors and awards, including the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the von Braun Award, the Lindbergh Eagle, and the NCAA's Theodore Roosevelt Award. She has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, and the Astronaut Hall of Fame, and has twice been awarded the National Spaceflight Medal.^[2] Ride is the only person to serve on both of the panels investigating Shuttle accidents (those for the Challenger accident and the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster). Two elementary schools in the United States are named after her: Sally K. Ride Elementary School in The Woodlands, Texas, and Sally K. Ride Elementary School in Germantown, Maryland.^[1] The National Womens Hall of Fame was created in 1969 by a group of people in Seneca Falls, New York, the location of the first American womens rights convention, now known to historians as the 1848 Womens Rights Convention. ... The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame is located in Titusville, Florida. ... For further information about Challengers mission and crew, see STS-51-L. The iconic image of Space Shuttle Challengers smoke plume after its breakup 73 seconds after launch. ... For further information about Columbias mission and crew, see STS-107. ... The Woodlands is a census-designated place located in Montgomery County, Texas. ... Germantown is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Maryland: Germantown, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Germantown, Baltimore County, Maryland Germantown, Montgomery County, Maryland -- This is the most common place referred to as Germantown, Maryland. ...

On December 6, 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted Ride into the California Hall of Fame located at The California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts.^{[citation needed]} is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ... Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German IPA: ; born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, Golden Globe-winning actor, businessman and politician currently serving as the 38th Governor of the U.S. state of California. ... Maria Owings Shriver (pronounced: ; born November 6, 1955)[1] is an award-winning American journalist from the Kennedy Family, a prolific author and First Lady of California. ... Conceived by First Lady Maria Shriver, the California Hall of Fame was established with The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts to honor legendary individuals and families who embody California’s innovative spirit and have made their mark on history. ... The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts – home of the California Hall of Fame – is housed in the State Archives Building in Sacramento, one block from the State Capitol. ...

Bibliography

References

External links

• Sally Ride Science Festivals
• Sally Ride Girls Science Camps
• Sally Ride Science page, founded 2001
• USA Today Q&A

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