Sally Ride - First American Woman In Space
Tuesday May 18, 2004
Tennis's loss was a boon to the rest of the space program.
Born in Encino, CA on May 26, 1951 to Dr. and Mrs. Dale Ride, Sally Ride's early love was tennis. After winning a tennis scholarship to Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles, she dropped out of Swarthmore college to pursue a professional tennis career. Soon, she realized that all her hard practice wasn't sufficient to make her good enough for the competitive world of professional tennis. She returned to her education, enrolling at Stanford University.
In 1983, Dr. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on the shuttle Challenger. She was a mission specialist on STS-7, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 18.
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Born in Encino, CA on May 26, 1951 to Dr. and Mrs. Dale Ride, Sally Ride's early love was tennis. After winning a tennis scholarship to Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles, she dropped out of Swarthmore college to pursue a professional tennis career. Soon, she realized that all her hard practice wasn't sufficient to make her good enough for the competitive world of professional tennis. She returned to her education, enrolling at Stanford University.
In 1983, Dr. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on the shuttle Challenger. She was a mission specialist on STS-7, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 18.
Read more about this space pioneer...
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