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Sally Ride |
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The First American Woman In Space |
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Learn more about Sally Ride
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Credit given to NASA. Permission by Laura Whitlock |
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And even more about Sally Ride |
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"Our future lies with today's kids and
tomorrow's space exploration"
-Dr. Sally Ride
(Ride in http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/96may/ride.html). |
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BIOGRAPHY: |
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First space flight in 1983 aboard the shuttle Challenger. Deployed communication satellites for Canada and Indonesia. |
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Born on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, California. |
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At first she wanted to become a professional tennis player. |
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Second flight also aboard Challenger. Deployed Earth Radiation Budget satelite, conducted scientific observations of earth, and demonstrated potential of satelite refueling by astronauts. |
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Attended Stanford University earning Bachelor of Arts degree in Engish, Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, Masters degree in Physics, Ph.D. in Physics. |
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Training for a third space flight interrupted with Challenger accident.Served as member of Presidential Commission investigating incident. |
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Selected for astronaut training in 1978. Worked in mission control as capsule communicatory for two missions. |
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Assigned to NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. as assistant to the NASA Administrator for long-range planning.
Created NASA's Office of Exploration and produced a report on the future of the space program entitled "Leadership and America's Furture in Space." |
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Assigned for three space flights aboard Challenger. Third flight canceled because of Challenger accident.
Investigated Challenger accident.
Currently a physicist and a member of the faculty at the University of California, San Diego, as a physics professor. Also a member of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. Former Director of the California Space Science Institute, a research institute of the University of California. |
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Bibliography:
http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/96may/ride.html
http://www.dgl.microsoft.com
http://www.quest.arc.nasa.gov/space/frontiers/ride.html and
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/ride.html
Menzel, Marian. Scientist and Astronaut, Sally Ride. Equity Institute, 1985.
Ride in http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/96may/ride.html. |
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rw, 4, sophomore, Lansing Catholic Central High School |
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