Ride, Sally
Sally K. Ride papers, 1970-2012.
The Sally Ride papers reflect Ride's careers as a student, astronaut, physicist, professor, author, and CEO of Sally Ride Science. This collection consists of material gathered by Sally Ride over the course of her life. This material is particularly rich in training materials from her astronaut days, but also provides significant insight into her career in academia and her interest and support of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education. The bulk of this collection consists of materials related to Ride's professional work. This includes correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, reports and papers, notes, speeches, photographs, brochures, pamphlets, programs, newsletters, newspaper and magazine articles, and miscellaneous materials. Materials of a personal nature were retained by her family and therefore do not figure in this collection.
Masters degree and PhD in Physics, Stanford University; joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was the first American woman to fly in space; after leaving NASA she became a full-time educator; professor of physics at University of California, San Diego and Director of the California Space Institute; and led two public outreach programs for NASA - the ISS EarthKAM and GRAIL MoonKam.
Ride, Sally
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned space flight
Science -- Study and teaching
Space shuttles.
AIP-ICOS
Smithsonian Institution. National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division. MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560, USA