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SF Gate
| 10 months ago
Space exploration was the ultimate boys' club until Sally Ride was launched through that glass ceiling on board the space shuttle Challenger in 1983. She was not only the first American woman in space, she was also the youngest astronaut at age 32.
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USA Today
| 10 months ago
Sally Ride lived her life with integrity and by being true to herself, cultural analysts say, paving the unique way for how she wanted to let the public know about her sexuality. In the Tuesday obituary for Ride, who died at age 61 following a short...
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The Independent
| 10 months ago
In 1983 Dr Sally Ride, who has died of cancer, became the first American women to journey into space, as part of a five-person crew aboard the Challenger space shuttle. She said of the voyage "The thing that I'll remember most about the flight is...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Friends, feminists and former colleagues are mourning Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, who has died at the age of 61 after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. A pioneer in death as well as life, Dr Ride used her obituary to...
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Gawker
| 10 months ago
When pioneering ( for America !) female astronaut Sally Ride passed away yesterday, the company she founded issued a press release noting that she was survived by "her partner of 27 years" Tam O'Shaughnessy...Not only that, but Ride's sister Bear...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 10 months ago
07/24/2012 01:49:55 PM PDT Another of America's pioneering heroes has fallen victim to pancreatic cancer...On Monday, it was America's first woman in space, astronaut Sally Ride. Ironically, news of Ride's death in La Jolla on Monday reached us the...
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Washington Post
| 10 months ago
Associated Press) We could do anything boys could do and sometimes better. If we wanted to go into space, our gender couldn't and wouldn't stop us. If we studied hard enough and trained our brains, the glass ceiling could be shattered. Amid all the...
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Big News Network
| 10 months ago
Sally Ride, A Role Model For The Ages CBS 5 Tuesday 24th July, 2012 Monday was a very sad day...She not only died, but she passed from a horrific disease, pancreatic cancer. With all that the world claims to have conquered with its alleged-advanced...
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 10 months ago
In life Sally Ride was known as the first American woman to enter space, but upon news of her death it has been revealed she was a trailblazer twice over; she was also the first lesbian astronaut. Sally Ride, 61, died of pancreatic cancer Monday at...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 10 months ago
News about Seattle City Hall, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, Seattle and King County government and more The obituary notice from her company for Sally Ride, America's first woman astronaut, noted among the list of...
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Cranky Fitness
| 10 months ago
And I know how weird it is for me to be writing a post like this on Cranky Fitness; this is not that kind of blog. So, kind readers, please forgive today's rather self-indulgent wallow in grief and know that normal whining the health and fitness...
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Washington Post
| 10 months ago
ET, 07/24/2012 TheWashingtonPost Sally Ride in 1983 on being the first American woman in space: It's too bad that ... this is such a big deal' View Photo Gallery :Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into space, died of pancreatic cancer at her...
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Houston Chronicle
| 10 months ago
A science blog with Eric Berger Sally Ride, who died way too young on Monday, became the first American to fly into space in 1983. She blazed a trail in which other women followed, and made great gains themselves...Eileen Collins , first female...
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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
Madeleine White The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Jul. 24 2012, 8:34 AM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Jul. 24 2012, 8:34 AM EDT In her life, Sally Ride took one small step for womankind by being the first American woman to enter space. But it was in...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 10 months ago
Sally Ride, a physicist, proved that women could be equal partners with men in space...What she didn't like was being the first American woman to experience it.
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Towleroad
| 10 months ago
With the simple statement that Ride was survived by "Tam O'Shaughnessy, her partner of 27 years", she was out. Sally's sister Bear Ride, talking with BuzzFeed, said yesterday, "We consider Tam a member of the family." Saying that her sister was a...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Sally Ride, 61, the first American woman astronaut, passed away on Monday due to pancreatic cancer. Ride was also a physics lecturer and the president and CEO of Sally Ride Science, a company she founded in 2001. Share This Story Sally ride is still...
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SF Gate
| 10 months ago
Peggy Whitson , chief of the astronaut office, said Dr. Ride was a trailblazer. "The selection of the 1978 Astronaut Class, which included Sally and several other women, had a huge impact on my dream to become an astronaut," said Whitson. "The...
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Los Angeles Times
| 10 months ago
In the early days of the space program, astronauts were ex-Marines, Air Force officers and hot-shot pilots. Sally Ride got there a little differently: She answered a want ad...More than 8,300 applied for a position, and she was one of only 35 chosen.
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
American woman in space as a crew member on Space Shuttle Challenger for STS-7. At 32 years old, she was also the youngest American space traveller at the time. US President Barack Obama expressed sadness over her demise and called her a "national...
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CNN
| 10 months ago
Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her company said. She was 61. "Sally lived her life to the fullest, with boundless energy, curiosity, intelligence, passion, commitment...
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E! Online
| 10 months ago
Very sorry to learn of astronaut Dr. Sally Ride's death," offered Science Guy Bill Nye ...She will be missed. "Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Sally Ride," President Barack Obama said in a statement. "As the first...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
| 10 months ago
Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail into orbit for U.S. women. With a pitch perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by heart: Shepard, Glenn, Armstrong and Aldrin. Ride,...
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The Mercury News
| 10 months ago
Ride, a Stanford-educated physicist who used her clout to inspire generations of future women scientists, died on Monday after a 17-month bout with cancer. She was 61. "Sallymania" swept the nation in 1983 when Ride, the first American woman -- and...
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USA Today
| 10 months ago
But Ride was more than just a physicist, educator and astronaut. She carried the hopes and aspirations of a generation on the flight, a symbol of the ascent of American women in our nation's working life...Administrator Charles Bolden, said in a...
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US Magazine
| 10 months ago
Ride, the Space Shuttle Challenger crew member, pose in January 1983 in Johnson Space Center, Houston...Credit: AFP/Getty Images As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke numerous barriers -- and continued to break them until her tragic...
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10 News
| 10 months ago
Sally Ride, who nurtured her interest in science by playing with a chemistry set and telescope as a child and went on to become the first American woman in space, died Monday in La Jolla at age 61 after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Fox
| 10 months ago
Administrator Charles Bolden said. "The nation has lost one of its finest leaders, teachers and explorers. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sally's family and the many she inspired. She will be missed, but her star will always shine brightly."...
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The Mercury News
| 10 months ago
Here, we remember her in photos, and videos and with reactions from her fans, many of them women. There was an outpouring after news of her death hit social media today.
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 10 months ago
Ride, the first American woman in space, died Monday, July 23, 2012 after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. In this Aug. 29, 1983 file photo, astronaut Sally Ride poses at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Caneveral, Fla. Ride, the first American...
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TMZ
| 10 months ago
Phone Number (required): -- Enter your phone number...Sally Ride Dead at 61 Breaking News Sally Ride -- the first American woman to enter space -- died today in California after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
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National Public Radio
| 10 months ago
In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space...Ride died today in La Jolla, Calif. after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her company said on its website . According to her official biography, by the time Ride decided to...
