Category: 20th-Anniversary

Sally Ride dies of pancreatic cancer at home in La Jolla on July 23, 2012.

Sally Ride Science runs GRAIL MoonKAM, the educational outreach program for NASA’s 2012 GRAIL mission, which sends twin satellites to orbit the Moon and map its gravity. MoonKAM allows students around the world to request photos of the lunar surface from cameras on the satellites. On Dec. 17, 2012, NASA crashes the satellites into the […]

The Sally Ride Science Academy for educators brings teachers from across the country to San Diego for training on how to incorporate diverse role models into science lessons. The academy uses a train-the-trainer model to expand its reach.

Sally Ride science publishes 90 books on STEM subjects and careers. Book series include Cool Careers in STEM and Key Concepts in Science.

Sally Ride Science creates and runs TOYchallenge, a national engineering design competition. Students compete to design and create toys and games in categories like “Toys that Teach” and “Remarkable Robots.” Teams are made up of 5th- to 8th-graders and must be at least 50 percent girls.

Sally Ride starts EarthKAM in 1995. The NASA program, which is still operating, allows students to request photos of Earth from a camera on the International Space Station. Sally Ride Science operates the program from 2001 to 2015, when EarthKAM moves to the US Space and Rocket Center. After Ride’s death, NASA changes the name […]

Sally Ride Science organizes more than 100 Sally Ride Science Festivals on college campuses across the country, including UC San Diego. At the one-day events, students, most of them girls, attend workshops and street fairs and hear keynote speeches from female astronauts.

Sally Ride joins with her life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, and three colleagues – Karen Flammer, Terry McEntee and Alann Lopes – to found Sally Ride Science. The company is based in La Jolla.