Sally Ride Profile

• Name: Sally Kristen Ride
• Born: May 26th, 1951
• Died: July 23rd, 2012
• Education: Stanford University (BA, BS, MS, PhD)
• Space Agency: NASA
• Missions: STS-7 and STS-41-G

• Sally became the first American woman and also the youngest American in space on June 18, 1983.
• She worked as the mission specialist and helped deploy satellites. Her job was also to work the robotic arm.

• She went into space again in 1984 on the 13th Space Shuttle flight mission STS 41-G.

• She stopped working for NASA in 1987 and started teaching at the University of California.
• She also became the director of the California Space Institute at the University of California.
• Sally K Ride Impact Site is a spot on the Moon which is named after her.

• She received the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the von Braun Award, and the Theodore Roosevelt Award, NASA Space Flight Medal.
• Sally was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the Astronaut Hall of Fame.
• Sally flew on the space shuttle Challenger twice. She was one of the seven crew members.