Sally Ride (1951-2012),US physicist and first American woman in space. Ride was studying for her PhD in physics when she answered a newspaper advertisement for NASA astronauts. She was accepted as an astronaut candidate in January 1978. After completing a years training,Ride worked as a communications officer and on the team that developed the shuttle's robotic arm. In 1983 she was chosen to be the mission specialist for mission STS-7 aboard Challenger. On the 18th June 1983 Ride became the first US woman in space. She flew on Challenger again,on mission STS 41-G,which launched in October 1984,before the shuttles were grounded after the Challenger disaster in 1986. Ride retired from NASA in 1987. In 2001 she set up Sally Ride Science,a company that encourages girl's to consider careers in science and engineering | |
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