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Sally Ride Takes Her Final Flight

Posted by Unknown on from the new-life-haunting-the-iss dept.

fructose writes "Sally Ride, America's first woman in space died today at age 61. She succumbed to pancreatic cancer according to her office in San Diego. Here's to wishing her a safe trip on her final journey."

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  1. RIP Sally by slasher999 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I still remember that historic launch. Her name was one everyone who was old enough to remember knew and never forgot from that day forward.

    1. Re:RIP Sally by Hatta · · Score: 4, Interesting

      What I didn't know until now is that she was a lesbian. Which is fair enough, if she was out back then she probably wouldn't have been considered a good role model. Good for her, she broke ground in more ways than one.

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  2. Why did it take so long? by sageres · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova. She flew on June 16th, 1963. That was two years after the first man flew into the space.
    On the other hand, the first American woman (Sally Ride, RIP) flew in 1982.
    Question: Why did it take NASA almost two decades to send the woman in space?