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          Sally Ride

          American physicist and astronaut (–)

          For other uses, see Sally Ride (disambiguation).

          Sally Ride

          Ride in

          Born

          Sally Kristen Ride


          ()May 26,

          Los Angeles, California, U.S.

          DiedJuly 23, () (aged&#;61)

          La Jolla, California, U.S.

          EducationSwarthmore College
          University of California, Los Angeles
          Stanford University (BA, BS, MS, PhD)
          Spouse

          Steven Hawley

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          PartnerTam O'Shaughnessy (–)
          AwardsPresidential Medal of Freedom (, posthumous)
          Space career

          Time in space

          		14d 7h 46m
          SelectionNASA Group 8 ()
          Missions

          Mission insignia

          RetirementAugust 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 America