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🌠Sally Ride🌠
🌠Sally Ride🌠
Astronaut, engineer, physicist, athlete, and a children's writer.
May 26, 1951-July 23, 2012
Childhood
Childhood
Sally Ride's parents were Carol Ride and Dale Ride. Sally was the oldest and her younger sister was Karen (Bear) Ride. She had a dream of being a tennis professional. Sally had a strong passion for science at a young age. At age 10, she played tennis and won a scholarship to Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles. In her teens, she was ranked 18th nationally on the junior tennis circuit.
Education
Education
After Sally graduated high school in 1968, she went to Sarwthmore Collage in Pennsylvania, where she studied in Physics. In 1970, she transferred to Stanford University, majoring in Physics. In 1973, she received Bachelor degrees in Science, Physics, Arts, and in English. She got a double major in Physics and English. She continued in Stanford to get her master's degree in Physics in 1975. She earned 4 degrees and a doctorate in Physics in 1978.
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
Sally Ride became the first American and third woman to fly in space at the age of 32. On November 20, 2013, President Obama awarded Sally the Presidential Medal of Freedom after her death. Sally Ride received the Theodore Roosevelt Award (NCAA's Highest Honor) on January 9, 2005. On August 13, 1987, Sally was awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal after her first space flight, on June 18, 1983 on the Space Shuttle Challenger. Ride was honored with the National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award in 2012.
Later years
Later years
Even though Sally retired from NASA in 1987, she still continued her passion for science and space. She published five books for young girls and women about STEM. Ride joined the Stanford University Center for International Security and Arms Control. In 1989, Sally joined the faculty at the University of California as a professor of physics and a director of the California Space Institute.
SALLY
Brave, brilliant, passionate
Who was the wife of Steven Hawley and Tam O'Saughessy
Who loved space, science, and pursuing young women in math, science, and technology
Who was calm, excited, and courageous for becoming an astronaut
Who never feared life
Who wanted to see young girls to reach for the stars and wanted to make the world a better place
Who successfully became the first american woman in space
Born in Los Angeles, died at La Jolla
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