By Heather Millar It would have been difficult, this week, to miss the news that Sally Ride, the first American woman to blast into outer space, had died of pancreatic cancer at age 61. I’ve always admired Ride. We went to the same university and I was working on the college paper in 1983 when [...]
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Sad news for fans of the space program and feminists: the first American female astronaut, Sally Ride, has died at the age of 61 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Ride was born in Encino, California in 1951 and grew up there. B... Read Post
Pancreatic cancer, the most aggressive type of cancer, has claimed the life of astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. Ride died Monday at age of 61 after a 17-month-long battle against the disease. Read Post
Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died today of pancreatic cancer at the age of 62. According to Sally Ride Science, her historic flight into space captured the nation's imagination and made her a household name. Sh... Read Post