Dr. Sally Ride
Astronaut
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Sally Ride was born in 1951 in California. When she was young she spent a lot of time playing tennis and she wanted to become a tennis player. When she was older she went to college in California. She spent 10 years in college getting many different degrees in science. In 1978 she decided to become an astronaut and joined NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). |
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Before she could be an astronaut she had to be trained to do many things like parachute jumping, radio talking and how to launch and fly a spacecraft.
In 1983 she became the first American woman to go in space. She spent six days on the space shuttle. She was the youngest astronaut to circle the earth. On the space shuttle she did science experiments and worked a robotic arm. She was with four other astronauts and traveled 2 ½ million miles.
Dr. Sally Ride was able to go a second space trip the next year. In all she spent 343 hours in space. When she was 36 she retired from the space program.
She next went to work at a college in California. She has written several science books. She has also made a website to get girls to discover the world of science. Dr. Sally Ride has gotten several awards for her work in science but her favorite thing to do is to get girls to study math, science and computers.
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Dr. Sally Ride Timeline
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