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Sally Ride
Los Angeles, California, USA
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woma…
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Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32.
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2025
Sally
Movie Self (archive footage/voice)
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2018
Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
The Sand Will Stay
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13
Movie Self/Host
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1994
Touched by an Angel
TV show Self
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1985
The Dream Is Alive
Movie Self
