Dr. Sally Ride was honored Friday when a portion of the 101 Freeway was named after the trailblazer. A portion of the freeway will be located between Balboa Avenue and the 405 Freeway and be known as ...

A bronze statue of Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman in space, was dedicated at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City on Long Island on Friday—the nation’s first monument to a woman astronaut.

An astronaut who broke barriers and made history may see her legacy written into law and her name ascribed to an important Brevard County causeway if local lawmakers can have their way. NASA Causeway, ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, "Sally," about the life of astronaut Sally Ride. Sally Ride was the first American woman to go to space back in ...

Sally Ride shattered the glass ceiling on June 18, 1983, in dramatic fashion aboard NASA’s space shuttle Challenger to become the first American woman in space. Now on the 40th anniversary of her ...