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Robin Zlotnick

A Tribute to Sally Ride

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Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, has died of cancer at age 61. She was an amazing woman -- a physicist, science writer, and astronaut who made history and was an inspiration to all!

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June 18, 1983: Astronaut Sally Ride became America’s first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger, STS-7. This was the second flight for the Orbiter Challenger and the first mission with a 5-person crew.

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Dr. Sally Ride, CAIB board member, briefs reporters on the progress of Team 2

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Sally Ride and Terry Hart Prepare for RMS Training - 1981

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Sally Ride speaks to young women at a science festival, 2003.

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Astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan, left, and Sally K. Ride display a "bag of worms."

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Sally Ride participates in a mission sequence test for STS-7

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Sally Ride goes over post-flight data from STS-3 during a crew debriefing session

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Sally Ride and the crew of STS-7

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Views of the STS-7 crew in T-38 aircraft preparing for departure at Ellington Air Force Base for Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on June 15, 1983.

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This NASA handout photo shows astronaut Sally Ride in June 1983 at Johnson Space Center in Houston. (NASA/HO)

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Photo dated January 1983 shows NASA astronaut Sally Ride at Johnson Space Center in Houston. (NASA/HO)

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Astronaut Sally Ride, mission specialist on STS-7, monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on the Flight Deck of the Space Shuttle Challenger in this NASA handout photo dated June 25, 1983. (NASA/Handout)

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Sally Ride was a strong advocate from improvements in science education and wrote several children's books on space exploration in addition to starting her company, Sally Ride Science, which develops programs, publishes books, and sponsors science festivals and camps for girls.

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Astronaut Dr. Sally Ride talks about her experiences in space to students at ExxonMobil as part of "Introduce a Girl to Engineering" day held at the company's headquarters in Irving. (Business wire)

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Preparing for departure at Ellington Air Force Base for Kennedy Space Center on June 15, 1983.

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Sally Ride (top) and Kathy Sullivan eat together on Ride’s second spaceflight. The photo is in the right orientation. Photo copyright: NASA

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From childhood, Sally Ride had been fascinated with space exploration, but throughout the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space flight programs, the ranks of the astronaut corps had been closed to women.

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Sally launched aboard the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983, becoming the first American woman to fly in space.

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While growing up, Sally played competitive tennis. She was nationally ranked as a junior, played on the Westlake High School tennis team (pictured here), and led Stanford’s tennis team in college.

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Ride at the CapCom console during the STS-2 simulation

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Sally Ride guest-starred on Sesame Street the year after becoming the first woman in space.

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Sally Ride was a writer and an academic in addition to being known as an astronaut.

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Sally Ride on Challenger's mid-deck

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