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Sally Ride

RIP Sally Ride

I literally gasped when, after a long day writing at Starbucks, I popped over to the Dallas Morning News website and read that Sally Ride died today. What a pioneering lady! She is sorely missed.

So of course I had to do a write up on her:

Sally Ride, America’s first female astronaut, dies at 61

NASA’s condolences on the passing of Sally Ride

View, sign an online guestbook for Sally Ride

Ride shared shuttle experiences in 2001 visit to Dallas’ Bishop Dunne High

Statement from President Barack Obama on Ride’s passing

Photos: First American woman in space (NASA)

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