Sally Ride



First NameSally
Last NameRide
Age60
Date of BirthMay 26, 1951
Star SignGemini
Occupation CategoryAstronaut

Dr. Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26, 1951) from Los Angeles, California, is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut. Ride joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman—and then-youngest American—to enter space. In 1987 she left NASA to work at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control.


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to be the LucyWho "Star of the Day"


Filmography

Selected Sally Ride film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

1985
The Dream Is Alive
Herself

1985
Spaceflight
Herself






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NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award
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NASA Astronaut Group 8, "TFNG (Thirty-Five New Guys)", 1978
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