Sally Ride devoted nearly 20 years to teaching physics at UC San Diego, forming a deep and lasting bond with the university's mission and spirit. It was only natural, then, that three years after her ...

Sally Ride is remembered for her pioneering journey into space, but a new documentary reveals another dimension of the astronaut’s story. Ride’s life partner Tam O’Shaughnessy opens up about their ...

When Sally Ride arrived at NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1978, there were approximately 4,000 technical employees working there. Want to guess how many were men? If you said 3,996, you’re ...

The name Sally Ride carries with it the hushed whispers of greatness. As the first American woman to go into space in 1983, Ride became an icon. Young girls who saw the famed astronaut on the cover of ...

Sally Ride wanted to be remembered as being fearless. In reality, though, the first American woman to fly into space was scared — and it had nothing to do with her leaving the planet. "I would like to ...

During one of the countless, often boneheaded interviews Sally Ride endured about her pioneering role in the United States space program, she schools a reporter on how to address her. “It’s Dr. Ride ...

On June 18, 1983, Sally K. Ride became the first North American female astronaut to be sent into space. People around the world could hear the glass ceiling shattering as this 31-year-old physicist ...

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, has passed away at the age of 61 after a courageous 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her foundation said in a press release. At the age of 32, ...

Sally Ride Science, a leader in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, will give a boost to science teaching and student achievement in mid-Atlantic classrooms this month, thanks ...

Tam O’Shaughnessy discusses her life-long relationship with Ride in the documentary 'Sally' Groundbreaking astronaut Sally Ride and her partner Tam O'Shaughnessy were together for 27 years Ride died ...