NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, Sally, about the life of astronaut Sally Ride.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Space used to be a man's world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail into orbit for U.S. women. With a pitch perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select ...

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, has passed away at the age of 61 after a courageous 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her foundation said in a press release. At the age of 32, ...

SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- In November, the S.S. Sally Ride Cygnus cargo spacecraft launched from NASA's Virginia site en route to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was named after the ...

Learn about Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, and Eileen Collins, some of the pioneering women at NASA who were among the first to suit up for spaceflight. Valerie Neal Sally Ride at the Lyndon B. Johnson ...

Most people think Sally Ride was the first woman in space - but that honor belongs to Valentina Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut who launched into orbit in 1963. This video uncovers her remarkable ...

Tuesday's Google Doodle honors astronaut Sally Ride, who would have celebrated her 64th birthday today. Ride became the first American woman to enter space in 1983 aboard the Challenger. Also a ...