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Sally Ride, the first US woman in space, dies aged 61

Sally Ride, the first US woman to travel into space, has died aged 61 after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her foundation announced.
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Sally Ride, trailblazing astronaut, dead of pancreatic cancer

Pioneering astronaut Sally Ride - the first American woman in space - died Monday in La Jolla, Calif., after fighting pancreatic cancer for 17 months, according to the company she founded, Sally Ride Science.
She was 61.
Ride, who was a physicist, became a household name and a symbol for young girls nationwide when she rode the space shuttle Challenger into space as a mission specialist on June 18, 1983.
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First American woman to fly in space, Sally Ride, dies

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, has passed away.
NASA confirmed the pioneer's death Monday at about 5:20 p.m.
Rides contribution to America's space program continued right up until her death at age 61 this week. After two trips to orbit aboard the shuttle, she went on an award-winning academic career at the University of California, San Diego, where her expertise and wisdom were widely sought on matters related to space.
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Dr. Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26, 1951) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut.
On June 18, 1983, she became the first American woman in space as a crew member on Space Shuttle Challenger for STS-7.
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