Sally Ride Dies

First Six Women Astronauts with Rescue Ball - GPN-2002-000207 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Astronaut Sally Ride died peacefully after a battle with cancer. It was not revealed until her death that she had had a 27-year relationship with her female partner, Tam E. O’Shaughnessy, a psychology professor and a childhood friend.

Sally Ride was a woman who paved the way for other women like myself – thank you Sally for being such a brave girl!

SevenPonds pays tribute to a woman who mined new territory in more than one way.

Sally Ride earned her Ph.D. in physics at Stanford. She was selected as one of the first few women to work for NASA as an astronaut in 1987. She became the first woman in space while working at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Space Control. Sally was also president of Sally Ride Science a company that created entertaining science programs for middle school students with a focus on girls.

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