Sally Ride

✶May 26, 1951

†July 23, 2012

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About their life

Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Southern California, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983, became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space. She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32.

American physicist and astronaut (1951–2012)

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Biography from the article Sally Ride on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.