Sally ride biography for 2nd grader
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Sally Ride facts for kids
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| Born | Sally Kristen Ride ()May 26, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 23, () (aged 61) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University (BA, BS, MS, PhD) |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Partner(s) | Tam O'Shaughnessy (–; Ride's death) |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous, ) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 14d 07h 46m |
| Selection | NASA Group |
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Mission insignia | |
| Retirement | August 15, |
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, – July 23, ) was an American astronaut and physicist.
Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in , and in became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonautsValentina Tereshkova in and Svetlana Savitskaya in She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of
Early life
Sally Kristen Ride was born on May 26, , in t