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Twin Boro News
| 11 months ago
She went where no U.S woman had gone before, where few women of any nationality have gone into space. Space is not the final frontier, no offense to Star Trek fans...It is a place where far too many people remain focused on coloring the worth of a...
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SF Gate
| 11 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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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
Archive Recent Posts July 24 The University of Texas will review a fracking study thrown into question by a potential conflict of interest. July 23 Sally Ride is gone, but her passion for science, exploration and education will have a long-lasting...
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USA Today
| 11 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
| 11 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
| 11 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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HNN
| 11 months ago
O]ne might have expected great movement when Valentina Tereshkova left the Earth's atmosphere on June 16, 1963 to become the first woman in space. After all, Tereshkova spent three days in space, completed 48 orbits around Earth, and logged more time...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 11 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
| 11 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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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 11 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
| 11 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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Washington Post
| 11 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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San Diego Metropolitan
| 11 months ago
Home / Daily Business Report / Daily Business Report July 24, 2012 Daily Business Report July 24, 2012 DataQuick: Foreclosure Activity Declines in County in 2nd Quarter The number of San Diego County homes entering the formal foreclosure process...
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Houston Chronicle
| 11 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
| 11 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
| 11 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
| 11 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...
