Sally Ride By MrJunkins May 26, 1951 Sally Ride born Apr 1, 1968 Graduated from West Lake school for girls Aug 25, 1969 Attended Swarthmore College. A winner at tennis. Apr 22, 1973 Graduated from Stanford University. Degrees in English and Astrophysics. Apr 22, 1978 Ph. D. in astrophysics from Stanford. Selected as one of thirty-five for N.A.S.A. astronaut training program. Jul 24, 1982 Selected to be the first American woman in space Married Steven Hawley. Jun 18, 1983 Challenger flight. Returned to earth after 6 days in space.
