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Sally Ride

1951 - 2012

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Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32. Ride was a graduate of Stanford University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 1973, a Master of Science degree in 1975, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1978 (both in physics) for research on the interaction of X-rays with the interstellar medium. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sally Ride is the 71st most popular astronaut (up from 75th in 2019), the 3,225th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,179th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Sally Ride ranks 71 out of 556. Before her are Bruce McCandless II, Claude Nicollier, Toyohiro Akiyama, Barry E. Wilmore, Georgy Beregovoy, and Judith Resnik. After her are Toktar Aubakirov, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Ken Mattingly, Viktor Gorbatko, Frank L. Culbertson Jr., and Muhammed Faris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Sally Ride ranks 147. Before her are Francesco Moser, Pierre Lemaitre, K. K. Downing, Salih Muslim, Choei Sato, and Bill Viola. After her are Walter de Silva, Dee Dee Ramone, Muhammed Faris, Ubol Ratana, Tommy Bolin, and Geir Haarde. Among people deceased in 2012, Sally Ride ranks 128. Before her are Lina Romay, Félix Miélli Venerando, Neslişah Sultan, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Sergio Pininfarina, and Jack Tramiel. After her are Włodzimierz Smolarek, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Henry Hill, Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Al Freeman Jr., and Svetozar Gligorić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sally Ride ranks 3,225 out of 20,380. Before her are Russ Meyer (1922), Joan Bennett (1910), Billy Preston (1946), Harlan Ellison (1934), Karen Black (1939), and Joe Rantz (1914). After her are Keith Carradine (1949), Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), Suzanne Collins (1962), Ronny Cox (1938), Saul Perlmutter (1959), and Ann Savage (1921).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Sally Ride ranks 46. Before her are Michael P. Anderson (1959), Christa McAuliffe (1948), Sunita Williams (1965), Bruce McCandless II (1937), Barry E. Wilmore (1962), and Judith Resnik (1949). After her are Ken Mattingly (1936), Frank L. Culbertson Jr. (1949), Susan Helms (1958), Dick Scobee (1939), Walter Cunningham (1932), and Stuart Roosa (1933).

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