SALLY RIDE

BIOGRAPHY FACTS

Sally Ride was born on May 26,1951 in Encino,California.

Sally attended Stanford University and studied Physics and English.

AWARDS RECIEVED

• Jefferson Award for public service
• von Braun award
• Lindbergh Eagle award
• The NCAA's Theodore Roosevelt award
• NASA's Space Flight Medal (twice)

Sally Ride passed away on July 23,2012 at the age of 61 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

FUN FACTS

• Sally Ride had a dog named Segan
• After her NASA career she taught at the University
• of California San Diego
• Sally was a very talented tennis player and was
• ranked 19th in the country as a Junior in high school

MORE FUN FACTS

• In 2001, she founded Sally Ride Science,a company that teaches women and girls
• In math and science.
• She helped create EarthKam,a program that lets middle schoolers study Earth from space
• She is the only person to be on both the Challenger
• and Columbia investigation committees.

Sally Ride is famous for being the first American woman in space. She was on the second and third Challenger flights. She was scheduled to return on Challenger's fifth flight but it was cancelled due to the famous explosion in 1986.

BOOKS BY SALLY RIDE

• To Space and Back
• Voyager
• The Third Planet
• The Mystery of Mars
• Exploring our Solar System

You should read books by Sally Ride because what better way to learn about space than from someone who has actually been there? To find out more about Sally Ride and her books,visit
https://sallyridescience.com/about-us/dr-sallyride