LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Space used to be a man's world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail into orbit for U.S. women. With a pitch perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by heart: Shepard, Glenn, Armstrong and Aldrin....
Sally Ride, First Us Woman In Space, Dies At 61
By SETH BORENSTEIN and ALICIA CHANG, Associated Press: Nation
Mon, 07/23/2012 - 7:34pm
Topics: astronomy celebrity deaths deaths sally ride space women
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