Our parents, Joyce and Dale Ride, encouraged us to study hard, to do our best and to be anything we wanted to be. In Newsweek quoted our father as saying, 'We might have encouraged, but mostly we just let them explore.
Our parents taught us to explore, and we did. Sally studied science and I went to seminary. She became an astronaut and I was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. Her integrity was absolute; her spirit was immeasurable; her approach to life was fearless.
Sally died the same way she lived: without fear. Sally's signature statement was 'Reach for the Stars. Sally had a very fundamental sense of privacy, it was just her nature, because we're Norwegians, through and through. People did not know she had pancreatic cancer, this is bound to be a huge shock. For 17 months, nobody knew, and everyone does now. Her memorial fund is going to be in support of pancreatic cancer.
Sally never hid her relationship with Tam. They were partners, business partners in Sally Ride Science, they wrote books together, and Sally's very close friends, of course, knew of their love for each other. We consider Tam a member of our family. I hope it makes it easier for kids growing up gay that they know that another one of their heroes was like them. Sex has always been a tricky topic for astronauts : In the old days, they worried that if they didn't conform with the "Right Stuff" stereotype, they wouldn't be picked for spaceflights.
Issues such as alcohol abuse or marital problems often were swept under the carpet. Sally teaches kids to go for it. Flat out. That's the magic. Camp, Carole Ann. Springfield, NJ: Enslow, Hopping, Lorraine Jean. Sally Ride: Space Pioneer.
New York: McGraw-Hill, Hurwitz, Jane, and Sue Hurwitz. Sally Ride: Shooting for the Stars. New York: Fawcett Columbine, O'Conner, Karen. New York: F. Watts, Ride, Sally, and Susan Okie. To Space and Back. New York: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard, Toggle navigation. Student sets own agenda Ride's tennis ability won her a partial scholarship to Westlake School for Girls, a prep school in Los Angeles. Into the wild blue yonder At about the same time National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA was looking for young scientists to be "mission specialists" on space flights.
Response to the Challenger tragedy Ride had been chosen for a third scheduled flight. Top priority: educating children Ride has followed through on her commitment to science education. User Contributions: 1. I heartily appreciate her ability she was the no one women that time. Kristopher Schindler. Nice article, but you do have a couple of facts wrong.
The statement of "In this way, at thirty-one, Ride became the youngest person sent into orbit as well as the first American woman in space. Ride had been thirty-two for nearly a month by the time she went into space.
Next you have here written,"On the seventh mission of the space shuttle Challenger," This statement is incorrect, it was the seventh Space Shuttle mission, but only the second mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. That's just what I happened to notice.. Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic: Name:. E-mail: Show my email publicly.
Human Verification:. Public Comment: characters. Send comment. Other articles you might like:. On June 18, , she became the first American woman in space, and the youngest American in space. The mission took one week to complete. Before her launch, Dr. Ride was interviewed several times about her preparation for going into space. Among questions about her training, she was also asked questions about how space was going to affect her ability to reproduce, and what kind of makeup she was going to take on the mission.
During the mission, Ride was the flight engineer. She spent eight days conducting scientific observations of the Earth. She also worked on refueling techniques for shuttles. After her second mission, Ride worked on investigating the Challenger accident. After the investigation, she took the role of special assistant to the NASA administrator for long range and strategic planning. She also worked as a physicist and physics professor at the University of California, San Diego.
She passed away on July 23, after a month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was During her life, Ride kept her personal life private. She married fellow astronaut Steve Hawley in , but they divorced in They met as children while competing in tennis competitions, remained close friends, and the friendship blossomed into love.
Not only is Ride the first American woman in space, she is also the first acknowledged gay astronaut. Sally Ride was passionate about improving science education and helping young women and girls foster an interest in science. One of her endeavors was Imaginary Lines , which supports girls interested in math, science, and technology. Accessed August 7, Accessed August 9, Sally Ride — Sally Ride Science.
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