The former NASA astronaut spent the rest of her life encouraging girls and women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
Astronaut presentations, pop-up labs and moreSchedule of events can be found at spacecenter.org“Most people think of Sally as an astronaut,” said Tam O'Shaughnessy, who was Ride’s life partner, “but she was a lot more than that. She was an athlete. She was a physicist. She was a science writer. And then, of course, she spent a majority of her life being a champion for STEM education as an entrepreneur.
The Artemis II crew is trying to flip the script. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, a white man and the mission’s commander, often redirects questions to his team. Some asked Huntoon if the women needed a dress code, and they said the women astronauts acted like they knew everything. STS-7 Commander Bob Crippen was also consulted, and he felt Ride could handle the media pressure: “We used to joke the crew on that flight was Sally Ride and others,” he said.“It was such a dumb question,” he told the Houston Chronicle. “She was a great crew person. She did her job well, and she was friendly. It was a fun flight.”“The simulators just don’t capture the psychological and emotional feelings that come along with the actual launch,” Ride said in her oral history.
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