From creating better vaccines, to helping the elderly, to inspiring students, the International Space Station creates a versatile research environment to study science, education and health — and to learn from them in ways that lead to life-changing results. At the third annual ISS Research and Development conference June 17, four individuals and their teams […]
Sally Ride EarthKAM to Receive Award at International Space Station Conference
Educational Program Started by Sally Ride, which Enables Students to Capture Images from Space via a Camera on the ISS San Diego, CA, June 16, 2014—Sally Ride EarthKAM will be receiving a Top Results Award at the 3rd Annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference, being held June 17-19, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency […]
Bio looks at Sally Ride’s iconic flight, private life
More than 30 years after gaining the world’s notice, Sally Ride remains an iconic figure, although her accomplishment remains a little fuzzy. First woman in space? No, that happened 20 years earlier with Valentina Tereshkova. First woman on the moon? No, that hasn’t happened at all. Ride was the first American woman in space, an […]
Sally Ride Leans In
Article on LeanIn.org. Physically, astronaut Sally Ride wasn’t the sort to lean in. America’s first woman in space – who soared through the ultimate glass ceiling on the space shuttle Challenger in June 1983 – was upright and outwardly reserved, with a quiet, low voice. Her assertiveness was something you felt, rather than saw, a […]