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ride was born in encino a city in southern california u.s.a.
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she was accepted in Nasa's extensive training
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Her earthood job was to relay radio messages from the shuttel crews to misson contrcl
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second, and third flights ofthe space shuttle columbia
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she was the first American woman in space
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Her second (and last) space flight was the eight-day challenger mission,.
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Ride was traning for a third mission when the space shuddle challenger exploded in 1987
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Ride retired from the space program
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wrote a book about her space travel
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she died
