Ride had been battling pancreatic cancer for the last seventeen months.
She was on the space shuttle for two different missions, during her career.
After her retirement, from NASA, she became a member of the faculty at University of California San Diego and the California Space Institute.
During the investigations of both space shuttle accidents, she was the only person selected to be on each of the panels.
Does not matter, young, old, man or woman, child...Sally made us dream, plan, work and become more than we thought we could. Not only a genuine teacher and role model, but a gifted woman we will sorely miss. R.I.P. Sally.
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