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Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26, 1951) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut who, in 1983, became the first American woman and youngest American (at the time) to enter outer space. She was preceded by two Soviet women, Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982).

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Women in space: NASA's history-making new astronaut class

Source: CBS News

NASA's newest female astronaut candidates have the right stuff. The new astronauts were named publicly a day before the 30th anniversary of Sally Ride's first flight aboard the space shuttle Challenger that launched her into history as the first Americ ...
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Fifty years ago -- and only two years after the first man entered space -- Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova piloted the Vostok 6 through 48 laps around the Earth on a three-day solo mission under the call name Chaika (Seagull). At the age of 26, ...
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Sally Ride and Neil Armstrong: Space icons get new round of remembrance

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On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard the space shuttle Challenger for a 147-hour mission. Â NBC's Robert Baz ...
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Sally Ride is Still an Inspiration, 30 Years After Becoming America's First Woman in Space

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On the 30th anniversary of America sending its first woman into space, late astronaut Sally Ride is still an inspiration. In addition to making history in space, Ride helped younger generations as an educator, environmentalist, and ...
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From the Archives Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space

Source: Albequerque Express

On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard the space shuttle Challenger for a 147-hour mission. NBC's Robert Bazell Reports from Cape Canaveral ...
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Gold Medal proposed for Sally Ride

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

On the 30th anniversary of Sally Ride becoming the first American woman in space, Rep. Scott Peters on Tuesday introduced legislation calling for her to be granted a Congressional Gold Medal. Peters said ...
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NASA new astronaut candidates (from top left to bottom right): Josh Cassada, Victor Glover, Tyler “Nick” Hague, Christina Hammock, Nicole Mann, Anne McClain, Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan. CREDIT: NASA NASA's newest female astronaut ca ...
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