Sally K. Ride

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LGBT person NASA astronaut astronaut children's writer human physicist science communicator university professor

Sally K. Ride was an American physicist and astronaut who became the first American woman in space and later served on high-level investigative panels into NASA shuttle disasters.

Aliases (2)

Sally Ride ×20
Sally Kristen Ride ×2

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	LGBT person → NASA astronaut → astronaut → children's writer → human → physicist → science communicator → university professor →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts in English → Bachelor of Science in physics → Master of Science in physics → PhD in physics →
awardReceived	NASA Distinguished Service Medal → NASA Space Flight Medal → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
causeOfDeath	pancreatic cancer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1951-05-26 →
dateOfDeath	2012-07-23 →
educatedAt	Stanford University →
employer	NASA → Stanford University → University of California, San Diego →
familyName	Ride →
fieldOfWork	physics → space science →
founded	Sally Ride Science →
fullName	Sally Kristen Ride →
givenName	Sally →
honorificEponym	Sally Ride (Lunar Crater) → Sally Ride EarthKAM → USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28) →
memberOf	Columbia Accident Investigation Board → NASA Astronaut Corps → Rogers Commission →
movement	STEM education advocacy →
notableAchievement	first American woman in space → youngest American astronaut in space at the time of her first flight →
notableWork	Exploring Our Solar System → Sally Ride Science (education company) → The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space → To Space and Back → Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of the Solar System →
occupation	astronaut → author → physicist → university teacher →
partner	Tam O'Shaughnessy →
placeOfBirth	Los Angeles, California, United States →
placeOfDeath	La Jolla, California, United States →
positionHeld	mission specialist →
residence	California, United States →
sexOrGender	female →
sexualOrientation	lesbian →
spaceMission	STS-41-G → STS-7 →
workedOn	Challenger space shuttle missions →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sally Ride (lunar crater) → Sally Ride EarthKAM ("Sally Ride") → Sally Ride Science ("Sally Ride") → Sally Ride Science ("Sally Ride") → USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28) ("Sally Ride") →	namedAfter
Exploring Our Solar System → Exploring Our Solar System ("Sally Ride") → To Space and Back ("Sally Ride") → Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of the Solar System ("Sally Ride") →	author
STS-41-G → STS-7 →	crewMember
Sally Ride Science ("Sally Ride") → Sally Ride Science ("Sally Ride") →	foundedBy
Sally K. Ride ("Sally Kristen Ride") → Sally Ride ("Sally Kristen Ride") →	fullName
Sally Ride (lunar crater) → USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28) ("Sally Ride") →	honors
STS-41-G → STS-7 →	missionSpecialist
STS-7 ("Sally Ride") →	carriedAstronaut
The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space ("Sally Ride") →	coAuthor
Tam O'Shaughnessy ("Sally Ride") →	coauthorWith
Sally Ride Science ("Sally Ride") →	hasKeyPerson
Rogers Commission investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster →	includesMember
Tam O'Shaughnessy ("Sally Ride") →	influencedBy
To Space and Back ("Sally Ride") →	mainSubject
Columbia Accident Investigation Board →	member
Harmon Trophy ("Sally Ride") →	notableRecipient
Arthur C. Walker Jr. ("Sally Ride") →	notableStudent
Tam O'Shaughnessy ("Sally Ride") →	partner
To Space and Back ("Sally Ride") →	workOf