23 July 2012
This NASA file photo dated June 1983 shows America’s first woman astronaut Sally Ride, as she communicates with ground controllers from the flight deck during the six-day space mission of the Challenger. (NASA/AFP/GettyImages) Click on the image to enlarge.
WASHINGTON — Sally Ride, who blazed trails into orbit as the first American woman in space, died Monday of pancreatic cancer. She was 61…
Update: In London this morning, The Telegraph offers this obituary.
Update 2: Former astronaut Sally Ride chose privacy over gay causes
