Today marks 70 years since the birth of Sally Ride (1951-2012). The first American woman in space, who remembered space as “The most fun I will ever have in my life.”
Today marks 70 years since the birth of Sally Ride (1951-2012). The first American woman in space, who remembered space as “The most fun I will ever have in my life.”
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2:33 - " . . . she became the first woman in space . . ." No, no, no!!! Even though the text is correct, everytime somone says this, it causes confusion. I was at a trivia night many years ago and the question was "Who was the first woman in space?" Only two of the twenty teams knew it was Valentina Tereshkova. Even the trivia hosts got it wrong. Instead of a teaching moment, they accepted Sally Ride as an answer, insisting that they meant to say the first *American* woman. Ah, but that was not the question they asked! Chevy, South Hadley, MA
