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Sally Ride was born
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Ride received bachelor's degrees in English and Physics
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She earned her master's degree in physics
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She earned her Ph.D. in physics
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Ride beat out 1,000 other applicants for a spot in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) astronaut program in 1978
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She went through the program’s rigorous training program and got her chance to go into space and the record books
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She went on space mission STS-7 on June 18, 1983
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Ride became the first American woman in space, to aboard the space shuttle Challenge
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She went on the space mission STS-41-G
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She was scheduled to take a third trip, but it was canceled after the tragic Challenger accident on January 28, 1986
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After NASA, Ride became the director of the California Space Institute at the University of California, San Diego in 1989
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She was diagnosed with her cancer
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She died of pancreatic cancer on Monday
