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-Sally Kristen Ride was born May 26, 1951 in Encino, Los Angeles (California, US) (now age 60)

-She attended Portola Middle School and Westlake School for Girls (now Harvard-Westlake School) in Los Angeles as a child. (she attended Westlake School for Girls on a scholarship.)

-Having loved science, she attended Swarthmore College (She later transferred to Stanford University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in English and physics.)

-She helped design the space shuttle robot arm.

-She was the first person to use the robot arm of a space shuttle.

-She endorsed Barack Obama in becoming president in 2008.

-Sally ride was the only astronaut chosen for president Ronald Reagan's Rogers commission.

-Her official title is "Dr. Sally Ride, Ph.D."

-She has a masters degree and Ph.D.

-She served in two space missions, 'STS 7' and 'STS-47-G'

-She is a teacher and physicist.

-She was 32, the youngest at the time, when she first entered space.

-She is noted to have spent more than 343 hours in space.

-She is the oldest of two, parents being of Carol Joyce and Dale Burdell Ride.

-She has a sister, Karen "Bearful" Ride.

-She married fellow NASA. astronaut Stave Hawley in 1982, but the couple later divorced in 1987.

-She never had any kids, for she thought she should have focused on her job more than other activities/distractions.

-She retired on August 15, 1987.

-She is still alive.

Hopefully that helped you in your report/mobile/project, good luck!

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