Sally ride biography timeline report

Toggle navigation. Sally Ride Timeline Timeline Description: Born on May 26, , Sally Ride grew up to be the first American woman in space, a successful physicist, astronaut and role model for little girls.

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Following her career with NASA, Ride was a passionate advocate for high quality science education for children. She had a strong interest in science, even as a young girl. Her parents encouraged her academic studies throughout her childhood and adolescence. She began her astronaut training later that year.

Sally ride early life

She worked specifically on the interactions between X-rays and interstellar media. Began Astronaut Training Sally Ride began astronaut training along with other women chosen in August During training, the astronauts went through flight training, water survival, weightlessness, and training in navigation and communications. She was assigned to a planned space mission, STS-7 scheduled for She would serve as mission specialist.

She was the first American woman to go into space. The mission was successful. Ride described the experience as the most fun she would ever have in her life. Second Space Mission On Ride's second space flight, she was one of a crew of seven, along with another female astronaut. The Challenger successfully landed after a hour mission.