Sally Ride - First American Woman in Space
Sally Ride Biography
Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26, 1951) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut who, in 1983, became the first American woman and youngest American (at the time) to enter space.
"All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary. - Sally Ride"
About the Space Shuttle
More about the Space Shuttle from Wikipedia
NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), is the spacecraft currently used by the United States government for its human spaceflight missions and is scheduled to be retired from service in 2010. At launch, it consists of a rust-colored external tank (ET), two white, slender Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs), and the orbiter, a winged spaceplane which is the space shuttle in the narrowest sense.
The orbiter carries astronauts and payload such as satellites or space...
Earth, Moon and Sun
Sally Ride Books
Mission: Planet Earth: Our World and Its Climate--and How Humans Are Changing Them
Amazon Price: $15.56 (as of 07/09/2009) 
The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space
Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 07/09/2009)
Sally Ride: Shooting for the Stars Great Lives Series
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 07/09/2009)
Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of the Solar System
Amazon Price: $20.00 (as of 07/09/2009)
Clean Air (Sally Ride Science)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 07/09/2009)
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Sally Ride Videos
Sally Ride explores the sky in Google Earth 4.2
Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, explores stars, planets, and more in the new Sky feature in Google Earth 4.2. Learn more at http://earth.google.com/
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SusanVillasLewis wrote...
Nice, Lisa! And your lens was the Women in Space topic winner this week at the Carnival of Squid. http://carnivalofsquid.blogspot.com
Posted June 21, 2009
jori wrote
hi sally your awesome
Posted March 05, 2008
