Acting
Sally Ride
- Born
- May 26, 1951 · Aged 61
- Died
- Jul 23, 2012
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 4
- TV credits
- 1
Also known as (2)
- Sally Kristen Ride
- Sally K. Ride
Biography
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.
