Sally Ride By sydb1313 May 26, 1951 Sally Ride was born Period: May 26, 1951 to Jul 23, 2012 Birth-Death Jan 1, 1968 Graduates Highschool Jan 1, 1975 Sally Ride recieves a master degree Jan 1, 1978 Sally Ride recieves her Doctorate degree Mar 18, 1978 Sally Ride is accepted into NASA Aug 31, 1979 Sally Ride completes her NASA training Jan 1, 1982 Sally Ride gets married to fellow astronaut Jun 18, 1983 Sally Rides takes off into Space Jun 24, 1983 Sally Ride returns back to earth safe and sound Oct 5, 1984 Sally takes off on a second mission Jan 1, 1986 Sally Ride is divorced from first and only husband Apr 14, 1987 Sally Ride retires from NASA Jul 22, 1989 Joins faculty of UCSD Sep 1, 1989 Sally Ride becomes a professor of physics Jan 1, 2001 Creates her own company Company is called Sally Ride Science, built to focus on young girls' education. Apr 8, 2003 Sally Ride writes and publishes first book "Exploring Our Solar System" Feb 5, 2005 Ride publishes second book: " To Space and Back" Apr 13, 2008 Writes and published third book "Voyager" Jan 1, 2009 Publishes fourth book "Mission: Save the Planet" May 27, 2009 Sally becomes a member of honored comittee Jul 23, 2012 Sally Ride dies of Pancreatic Cancer Nov 20, 2013 recieves Presidential Medal of Freedom Dec 10, 2013 recieves 2013 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
