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| Born | Sally Kristen Ride (1951-05-26)May 26, 1951 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 23, 2012(2012-07-23) (aged 61) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University (BA, BS, MS, PhD) |
| Occupation | Physicist |
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| Partner(s) | Tam O'Shaughnessy (1985–2012; Ride's death) |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous, 2013) |
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| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 14d 07h 46m |
| Selection | 1978 NASA Group |
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| Retirement | August 15, 1987 |
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 cosmonautsValentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having d
