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Sally Ride

Born

in Los Angeles, California, The United States

May 26, 1951

Died

July 23, 2012

Website

https://sallyridescience.ucsd.edu/

Genre

Science, Nonfiction, Children's

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Dr. Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951–July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. Ride was the third woman in space overall, after USSR cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982). Ride remains the youngest American astronaut to have traveled to space, having done so at the age of 32. After flying twice on the Orbiter Challenger, she left NASA in 1987.

Ride worked for two years at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control, then at the University of California, San Diego as a professor of physics, primarily researching nonlinear optics and Thomson scattering. She served on the c ...more

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	To Space and Back by Sally Ride, Susan Okie 4.20 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1986 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystery of Mars by Sally Ride, Tam O'Shaughnessy, Annette Cable (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space by Sally Ride, Tam O'Shaughnessy 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exploring Our Solar System by Sally Ride, Tam O'Shaughnessy 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mission: Save the Planet: 10 Steps Any Kid Can Take to Help Save the Planet by Sally Ride, Tam O'Shaughnessy 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of the Solar System by Sally Ride, Tam O'Shaughnessy 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mission: Planet Earth: Our World and Its Climate—and How Humans Are Changing Them by Sally Ride, Tam O'Shaughnessy 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Do You Want to Be? Explore Space Sciences 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time Management: How to Manage Your Time to Achieve Goals 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	スペース・シャトル宇宙へ / Supēsu shatoru uchū e 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.”
― Sally Ride

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“Q: Dr. Ride, apart from the obvious differences, how do you assess the differences in men and women astronauts?
A: Aside from the obvious differences, I don't think there are any.
- Prime crew press conference, April 29, 1982”
― Sally Ride

tags: astronaut, feminism, sally-ride

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“When you’re getting ready to launch into space, you’re sitting on a big explosion just waiting to happen.”
― Sally Ride

tags: explosion, launch, space

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