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Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983. Forty years later, NASA is preparing to send a woman to the moon for the first time.
Sally Ride is best known as the first American woman in space, but a new documentary sheds light on another significant aspect of her life — her secret, decades-long relationship with another woman.
Sally Ride’s partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, detailed her decision to reveal their 27-year romance before the famed astronaut died in 2012 following her battle with pancreatic cancer.
On Aug. 29, 2019, Mattel revealed its new Barbie Inspiring Women Series Sally Ride doll styled after the late astronaut as she appears in June 1983 during the STS-7 mission.
It has been 40 years since Sally Ride became the first woman from the United States to travel into outer space. June 18 marks the anniversary of Ride’s ceiling-shattering, six-day mission on the ...
National Geographic’s Sally Ride documentary tells the story of America’s first woman in space and the love she kept secret ...
Sally Ride was a pioneer, a trailblazing astronaut, but there's one thing you won't find in the history books about the first ...
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, "Sally," about the life of astronaut ...
The documentary ‘Sally’ revisits the story of the first American woman to go into space and the hurdles she faced back on ...
A rare collection of items from the estate of Dr. Sally Ride —the first American woman in space—is now up for auction at Nate ...
Space was one of Sally Ride’s great loves. The National Geographic documentary, directed by Cristina Costantini, Introduces the other.