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Skooter reporting 07/24/12 Though she was not the first woman in space, that was Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova in June 1963, Sally Ride was the first US woman to travel into...
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First American in Space, Sally Ride, Dies
Space used to be a man's world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail for US women into orbit. 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, the first American woman in orbit, died Monday at her home in the San Diego community of La Jolla at age 61. The cause was pancreatic cancer, an illness she had for 17 months, according to her company, Sally Ride Science Sally Ride died peacefully and she will never be forgotten.
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