Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died at her home in San Diego on July 23, 2012. Ride flew on two missions on the space shuttle Challenger (one in 1983 and the other in 1984). Although an extremely private person, Ride later became an advocate for getting girls interested in science and created a company called Sally Ride Science to reinvigorate science programs in schools. Sally Ride died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.
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