Sally Ride By ihes53 May 26, 1951 Sally Ride was born 1973 Ride received bachelor's degrees in English and Physics 1975 She earned her master's degree in physics 1978 She earned her Ph.D. in physics 1978 Ride beat out 1,000 other applicants for a spot in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) astronaut program in 1978 1983 She went through the program’s rigorous training program and got her chance to go into space and the record books Jun 18, 1983 She went on space mission STS-7 on June 18, 1983 Jun 18, 1983 Ride became the first American woman in space, to aboard the space shuttle Challenge Oct 5, 1984 She went on the space mission STS-41-G Jan 28, 1986 She was scheduled to take a third trip, but it was canceled after the tragic Challenger accident on January 28, 1986 1989 After NASA, Ride became the director of the California Space Institute at the University of California, San Diego in 1989 Feb 17, 2011 She was diagnosed with her cancer Jul 23, 2012 She died of pancreatic cancer on Monday
