Sally Ride
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SALLY RIDE
ASTRONAUT, PHYSICIST, EDUCATOR
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS
- Youngest woman in space
- First American woman in space
- Helped develop robot arm on ISS
- Wrote children's books on space exploration
- Formed space organizations
- Helped investigate Challenger explosion
INTERESTING FACTS
- Was once one of the top 20 junior tennis players in the country
- Was the first lesbian in space
- Was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame
- Was a master at New York Time's crossword puzzles
MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE PROPOSED
THE BIG BANG THEORY
CONTEMPORARIES
- CEO of Sally Ride Science
- U.S. Navy named a research ship after her
BIRTH AND DEATH
BORN- MAY 26, 1951, DIED- JULY 23, 2012
MAJOR WORLD EVENTS
- Castro took power in 1959
- Chernobyl incident in 1986
- Fall of Soviet Union 1991
- World Wide Web born in CERN 1993
Photo by Matt. Create.
