when they succeed, they soar, and when they fail, they fail spectacularly!
Sally Ride (1951 - 2012)
"When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen."This month marks the 29th anniversary of the 1984 Challenger shuttle mission, the first space flight with two women onboard. Astronaut Sally Ride is most recognized for being the first American woman in space in 1983, a distinction that focuses mostly on her feminine gender; Dr. Ride was focused mostly on science.
Before she was a household name, Ride earned a slew of physics degrees from Stanford; post-NASA, she entered academia, founded a science education company, and authored several science/space books for children. Ride will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the highest civilian honor the United States can award) later this year.
Find out more about Sally Ride on Wikipedia.
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