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Sally Ride

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Astronaut
Died
Jul 23, 2012
Zodiac
Gemini
Born in
Los Angeles CA
About
American astronaut and physicist who joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman to enter low-Earth orbit. She flew two missions aboard the Challenger shuttle: STS-7 and STS-41-G.
Family
She married Steven Hawley in 1982 and divorced him in 1987. After her death, it was revealed that she had a 27-year relationship with Tam O'Shaughnessy, a female tennis player and professor.

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