Some people have included Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, as part of that celebration. Last year, a viral tweet claimed Ride was a lesbian in response to a video clip in which right ...

On June 18, thirty-five years ago, history was made when the first American woman, Dr. Sally Ride, was launched into space on the Challenger space shuttle. What an exciting moment that was!

These were astronaut Sally Ride's words, reflecting on her experience as the first American woman to travel into space. In ...

I’d be going to work on Mars as a scientist.” Having watched Sally Ride become the first American woman in space just a few years before, Jemison decided it was time to apply for NASA’s ...

Ride died yesterday from cancer at the young age of 61. She is a hero not because she was the first U.S. woman in ... s California Space Institute. In 2001, she started Sally Ride Science, with ...

If, only a couple of weeks ago, you dropped the name Sally Ride ... She is the first American woman astronaut and is off with four men on the sixth mission of the space shuttle Challenger.

The first Chinese American film star in Hollywood is just one of the trailblazers featured in the U.S. Mint’s American Women ...

Valentina Tereshkova, for instance, was the first woman to soar into space in 1963. Sally Ride became the first American woman to reach space in 1982 and, in 1992, Mae Jemison became the first ...

Valentina Tereshkova, for instance, was the first woman to soar into space in 1963. Sally Ride became the first American woman to reach space in 1982 and, in 1992, Mae Jemison became the first African ...

The first Chinese American film star in Hollywood is just one of the trailblazers featured in the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters Program. Her photo has been exhibited at the Nelson-Atkins ...

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