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Sally Ride

American astronaut and physicist

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born
1951
died
2012
age at death
61
known for
physicist, astronaut, astrophysicist

1951 – 2012

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Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Southern California, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983, became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space. She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32.

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