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Biography of Sally RideName: Sally RideBirth Date: May 26, 1951 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States Nationality: American Gender: Female Occupations: astronaut, physicist, educator, businesswoman Sally Ride Sally Ride (born 1951) is best known as the first American woman sent into outer space. She also served the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in an advisory capacity, being the only astronaut chosen for President Ronald Reagan's Rogers Commission investigating the mid-launch explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in January, 1986, writing official recommendation reports, and creating NASA's Office of Exploration.Both scientist and professor, Sally Ride has served as a fellow at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Arms Control, a member of the board of directors at Apple Computer Inc., and a space institute director and physics professor at the University of California at San Diego. Ride has chosen to write primarily for children about space travel and exploration. Her commitment to educating the young earned her the Jefferson Award for Public Service from the American Institute for Public Service in 1984, in addition to her National …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Author," in Publishers Weekly, November 28, 1986, pp. 42, 44.Rowley, Storer, and Michael Tackett, "Internal Memo Charges NASA Compromised Safety," in Chicago Tribune, March 9, 1986, section 1, p. 8.Sherr, Lynn, "Remembering Judy: The Five Women Astronauts Who Trained with Judy Resnik Remember Her ... and That Day," in Ms., June, 1986, p. 57.Sherr, "A Mission to Planet Earth: Astronaut Sally Ride Talks to Lynn Sherr about Peaceful Uses of Space," in Ms., July/August, 1987, pp. 180-81.onlineStarchild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers, "Dr. Sally Ride," at: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/ride.html (March 11, 2002).University of California at San Diego, Physics Department, "Sally K. Ride," at: http://physicslink.ucsd.edu/directory/details_personnel.jsp?=196 (March 11, 2002).Lucidcafe.com, "Sally Kristen Ride: First American Woman in Space," at: http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/96may/ride.html (March 12, 2002).NASAQuest: Women of NASA, "Sally Ride," at: http://quest.nasa.gov/women/bios/sr.html (March 12, 2002). |