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Sally Ride, cosmic trailblazer, dead at 61 | |
July 24, 2012 LOS ANGELES — Space used to be a man's world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail for U.S. women into orbit. With a pitch perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by heart: Shepard, Glenn, Armstrong and Aldrin. Source: http://dailyherald.com/article/20120723/news/707239709/ |