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Sally Ride
Sally Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was a NASA astronaut, and was the first American woman in space. She served on investigation panels for both the Challenger and Columbia disasters. Along with her life partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, she coauthored several children's books about science.
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Who does the song 'Ride Captain Ride' belong to?
The song "Ride Captain Ride" has been recorded by the American rock band Blues Image. It was published in spring 1970 and reached No. 4 in the American and Canadian charts.
A large group of riders riding together in a bunch. A bunch of riders. There is often one peloton, and some escapees in front and some stragglers in the rear. Often enough there are more than one "bunch", hence more than one peloton. But "the" peloton is the largest bunch that also has the overall best cyclists in it.
In regular road racing, the riders tend to bunch up and ride in one or several groups. The main group is called the peloton.
A peloton is the "bunch", the "field" or the "pack" of cyclists that consists of the main group of cyclists in a race. The word peloton is drawn from French where it means "ball" or, more loosely, platoon.
The "bunching up" of the riders to form the peloton is a tactic designed to save energy on a ride while remaining competitive. The riders at the front of the peloton "break the air" on the ride, and those following "draft" behind them saving as much as 40% of the "energy cost" through a given stretch of riding. A link is provided.
It is spelled "peloton" and is the main group of cyclists in a race.
What planet did sally ride go on?
She never landed on a planet. She was on the space lab. Only one planet has been landed on by man and that is the moon.
Sally Rippen is an Australian author and creator known for her children's books. However, specific details about her personal life, including her current residence, are typically not publicly disclosed for privacy reasons. If you're looking for more information about her work or publications, I'd be happy to help!
How about elevator and escalator ride in or ride on?
Either for elevator and on for escalator, since you can't be in it.
Where did sally ride do most of her work?
She worked most for NASA, but she also opened her own science program named Sally Ride Science.
What did Sally Ride do after she was an astronaut?
After Sally Ride was an astronaut, in 1987, she went to work at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control. In 1989, she became a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego, and Director of the California Space Institute.
Sally Ride also wrote 6 children's Science books with her partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy.
In 2001, Sally Ride founded Sally Ride Science, an innovative science education company whose goal is to to educate, engage, and inspire all students.
Sally Ride died on July 23, 2012, at age 61
What made sally ride want to a astronaunt?
she was always interested to astronomy while she was in college
Where are two elementary schools that are named after Sally Ride?
Yes there are two elementary school named after her.
What planet did sally ride go to first?
No human being has ever been to any planet other than Earth. Twelve male
astronauts landed on the moon between 1969 and 1972, and all of the other
people who have ever been launched into space went nowhere but Earth orbit.
The first female US astronaut to travel into space, Sally Ride flew on two NASA missions aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-7 in 1983 and STS-41G in 1984.
