Sally Ride was born on May 26, 1951, in Los Angeles. She was the oldest of two children born to her parents. In school she excelled at science and sports, especially tennis. By the end of high school, ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, "Sally," about the life of astronaut ...

Sally Ride was astronaut and astrophysicist who made history as the first American woman in space. ... Encouraged by her parents to explore her interests, Sally began playing tennis at age 10.

The push-pull of Ride's life was seemingly omnipresent, particularly after she joined the first class of potential NASA astronauts to welcome women and minorities (NASA Astronaut Group 8), by way ...

National Geographic’s Sally Ride documentary tells the story of America’s first woman in space and the love she kept secret ...

Statue honoring astronaut Sally Ride, ... “We went to Kennedy Space Center a few weeks ago for a celebration of her launch 40 years ago,” said Bear Ride, Sally’s younger sister. Her parents ...

Some people say it was because Sally didn't like the spotlight. … Sally was not after the public recognition, and that's exactly why she made a great first woman astronaut.” Tragically, Judy Resnik ...

The name Sally Ride carries with it the hushed whispers of greatness. As the first American woman to go into space in 1983, Ride became an icon. Young girls who saw the famed astronaut on the ...

Space was one of Sally Ride’s great loves. The National Geographic documentary, directed by Cristina Costantini, Introduces the other.

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 ...