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In 1977, NASA began looking for women astronauts.

Sally Ride spotted an ad about it in the Stanford school newspaper & applied. She was one of six women chosen.

In 1983, Ride became the first American woman to travel into #space. Her role as a mission specialist was to work a robotic arm to move satellites.

Ride went on to teach at UC San Diego & worked to promote women & girls in STEM. She also wrote children’s books about exploring space. https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/who-was-sally-ride-58.html #HistoryRemix

Who Was Sally Ride?

On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to go to space. Find out more about this space pioneer.
NASA
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Brian Dear
Brian Dear
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I worked in the same office building as Dr. Ride, and one time bumped into her on the elevator and we had a nice chat and later got to visit her in her office to talk more about the programs she was running there in San Diego. She was a wonderful person.
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Kathryn Mathias
Kathryn Mathias
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she was amazing. By the way, here's more about the robotic arm https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/canadarm/about.asp

About Canadarm

Canadarm is Canada's most famous technological achievement in the field of robotics. Discover its history and its legacy.
Canadian Space Agency
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Ariaflame
Ariaflame
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When a group doing a liveplay using Star Trek Adventures for streaming on G&S picked their ship, they picked a science vessel and called it the USS Sally Ride (NCC-74710) #Geek&Sundry #ShieldOfTomorrow
#geek #shieldoftomorrow
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fritzoids
fritzoids
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, a song about Sally Ride and her trip to space. https://youtu.be/PmyByJ4nqN0

Proof That NASA Doesn’t Know Anything About Women - Marcia Belsky

Marcia Belsky performs a song about Sally Ride, America’s first woman in space. Original airdate: April 23, 2020Taking the Stage was produced in partnership ...
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PedestrianError :vbus: :nblvt:
PedestrianError :vbus: :nblvt:
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Has Ron DeSantis banned her books from Florida schools yet? Can’t go making boys feel bad by allowing them to read a book that mentions sexism exists.
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Dr. Jennifer Levasseur
Dr. Jennifer Levasseur
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And her amazing archive of papers and artifacts resides at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum!
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Ursa Borealis
Ursa Borealis
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I loved the song, Mustang Sally as a kid because I thought it was about her. Ride, Sally Ride!

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