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♥ Sally Ride ♥ The First Woman in Space  ====== By: __Alexis__ Smith, __Maggie__ Bettez, & __Michaella__ Kendrick

“All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.” "The children are our hope of today. Space exploration is our hope of tomorrow.'' "But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking d o w n at Earth. " "I slept just f l o a t i n g in the middle of the flight deck."  "I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college."  "It's easy to sleep floating around- it's very comfortable. But you have to be careful that you don't float into somebody or something!" ~Dr. Sally Ride

career, but then she realized she wasn't good enough to be successful as a pro.
 * Ride was one of 8,000 people to answer an advertisement in a newspaper seeking applicants for the space program.
 * She was a nationally ranked tennis player, and dropped out of college to pursue her
 * Joined NASA in 1978.
 * Dr. Sally Kristen Ride was born May 26, 1951 near Los Angeles, California.
 * Sally traveled on the Challenger three times.
 * As a child she loved to study science & play sports.
 * She studied physics & earned a Ph.D in astrophysics before joining NASA.
 * She was the first American woman to fly in space.

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