Sally Ride Dead at 61 -- America's First Female Astronaut Dies of Pancreatic Cancer
Published: 07/23/2012
Sally Ride -- the first American woman to enter space -- died today in California after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Sally's company, Sally Ride Science, made the announcement. Sally was 61. Ride joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman to enter space. At the…
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