After spending years as an academic underachiever with a passion for tennis, Sally Ride discovered her love of physics and became the first American woman to travel to space.

There are also normal highlights, but they pale in comparison to such a rare event like a total solar eclipse.

May 26: Sally Ride was born in 1951. She became the first American woman in space in 1983. May 30: Last quarter moon is at 1:13 p.m. May 31: The moon passes near Saturn again this morning.

These brave men and women fought for equality and acceptance and forged a path ahead for the LGBTQ+ community.

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Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA after years of delays and stumbles.

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