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 adverti
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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