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Sally Ride

Index Sally Ride

Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American engineer, physicist and astronaut. [1]

173 relations: Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, Ariel (The Little Mermaid), Arthur B. C. Walker Jr., Astronaut, Astronaut birthplaces by US state, Beatrice Tinsley, Bert R. Bulkin, Birmingham High School, Brevard County Social Services, California Hall of Fame, Canceled Space Shuttle missions, Carnival Glory, Cassini–Huygens, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Columbia Accident Investigation Board, Deaths in July 2012, Donald J. Kutyna, E ticket, Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, Elisa Quintana, Encino, Los Angeles, Eric W. Morse, Eve Best, Evelyn Bryan Johnson, Frederick Hauck, GRAIL, GRAIL MoonKAM, Harmon Trophy, Harvard-Westlake School, Heroes for My Daughter, Hidden Figures, History of spaceflight, History of women in the United States, How a Bill Becomes a Law, Human spaceflight, Index of physics articles (S), Index of women scientists articles, International Forest of Friendship, Inventor (role variant), James E. Hill, Janet Dietrich, Jefferson Awards for Public Service, Jim Jorgensen, Jim Lovell, Joan Darrah, John Tyler Hammons, Judith Resnik, July 23, Junípero Serra, June 18, ..., June 1963, Karin Schäfer, Katherine Johnson, KKSM, Legacy Walk, Lego Space, Library of Congress Living Legend, Lindsay Hyde, List of American women's firsts, List of astronauts by first flight, List of astronauts by name, List of astronauts by year of selection, List of aviators, List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008, List of cemeteries in California, List of circumnavigations, List of female spacefarers, List of guest stars on Sesame Street, List of historical guests of Planetary Radio, List of human spaceflights, 1981–90, List of inductees in the International Space Hall of Fame, List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender firsts by year, List of minor planets named after people, List of Norwegian Americans, List of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, List of people from California, List of people from La Jolla, List of people from Los Angeles, List of people from San Diego, List of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, List of Scouts, List of Silver Anniversary Awards recipients, List of Space Shuttle crews, List of Space Shuttle missions, List of space travelers by name, List of space travelers by nationality, List of spaceflight records, List of Stanford University people, List of U.S. military vessels named after women, List of University of California, San Diego people, Mae Jemison, Margaret Hamilton (scientist), Maria Shriver, Maria Zuber, Marion Dietrich, Mary Alice Williams, May 26, Meanings of minor planet names: 4001–5000, Mercury 13, Mortar Board, Nancy Roman, NASA Astronaut Group 8, National Aviation Hall of Fame, National Statuary Hall Collection, National Women's Hall of Fame, Nichelle Nichols, Nick Sagan, Patricia S. Cowings, Planetary Radio, Platinum Tour, Rebecca Otto, Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee, Ride, Ride On (Christy Moore album), Ride Report, Robert Crippen, Robert Kraft, Rogers Commission Report, RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28), Sally, Sally Ride EarthKAM, Sally Ride Science, Science Writing Award, September 1961, Ship sponsor, Silver Anniversary Awards, Space Exploration Initiative, Space Flight Award, Space Foundation, Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Space.com, Steven Hawley, STS-2, STS-3, STS-41-D, STS-41-G, STS-61-M, STS-7, Tam O'Shaughnessy, Texas Monthly Talks, Texas Woman's University, The Burn with Jeff Ross, The Challenger, The Dream Is Alive, The Little Mermaid (1989 film), The Women's Conference, Theodore Roosevelt Award, Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2009), Touched by an Angel, Touched by an Angel (season 5), United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, Voyage (novel), We Didn't Start the Fire, White House Astronomy Night, Who Was...?, William P. Rogers, Women in NASA, Women in science, Women in space, Women on US stamps, Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica, 1951, 1951 in science, 1951 in the United States, 1983, 1983 in aviation, 1983 in the United States, 2005 Indianapolis 500, 2012, 2012 in science, 2012 in spaceflight, 2012 in the United States. Expand index (123 more) »

Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?

Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? is a game show franchise based on the television game show of the same name.

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Ariel (The Little Mermaid)

Ariel is a fictional character and the title character of Walt Disney Pictures' 28th animated film The Little Mermaid (1989).

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Arthur B. C. Walker Jr.

Arthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker Jr. (August 24, 1936 – April 29, 2001) was a solar physicist and a pioneer of EUV/XUV optics.

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Astronaut

An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.

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Astronaut birthplaces by US state

This article lists the birthplaces of astronauts from the United States' space program and other space travelers born in the United States or holding American citizenship.

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Beatrice Tinsley

Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (27 January 1941 – 23 March 1981) was a British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow and die.

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Bert R. Bulkin

Bertram Raoul Bulkin (July 20, 1929 – March 10, 2012) was an American aeronautical engineer who participated in the first United States photo-reconnaissance satellite programs and is best known for his role in building the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Birmingham High School

Birmingham Community Charter High School (formerly Birmingham High School) is a charter coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Brevard County Social Services

Brevard County, Florida tries to provide a number of unique services to help the aged, juveniles, the physically and mentally handicapped, and minorities.

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California Hall of Fame

The California Hall of Fame honors individuals and families who embody California’s innovative spirit and have made their mark on history.

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Canceled Space Shuttle missions

During the Space Shuttle program, several missions were canceled.

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Carnival Glory

Carnival Glory is a operated by Carnival Cruise Line.

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Cassini–Huygens

The Cassini–Huygens mission, commonly called Cassini, was a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites.

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Center for International Security and Cooperation

Formerly the Center for International Security and Arms Control, co-founded by physicist Sidney Drell and political scientist John Lewis, CISAC now stands for the Center for International Security and Cooperation.

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Columbia Accident Investigation Board

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) was convened by NASA to investigate the destruction of the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' during STS-107 upon atmospheric re-entry on February 1, 2003.

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Deaths in July 2012

The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2012.

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Donald J. Kutyna

General (ret) Donald Joseph Kutyna (born December 6, 1933) is a retired United States Air Force Officer.

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E ticket

The phrase E ticket (or E ticket ride) refers to the admission ticket system used at the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom theme parks before 1982, where the E ticket (officially termed "E coupon") admitted the bearer to the newest, most advanced, and/or most popular rides and attractions.

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Earth Radiation Budget Satellite

The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was a NASA scientific research satellite within NASA's ERBE (Earth Radiation Budget Experiment) Research Program - a three-satellite mission, designed to investigate the Earth radiation budget It also carried an instrument that studied stratospheric aerosol and gases.

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Elisa Quintana

Elisa Victoria Quintana is a scientist working in the field of astronomy and planetary science at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

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Encino, Los Angeles

Encino is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Eric W. Morse

Eric W. Morse was an author, wilderness canoe traveler and historian.

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Eve Best

Emily "Eve" Best (born 31 July 1971) is an English stage and screen actress and director, known for her television roles as Dr.

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Evelyn Bryan Johnson

Evelyn Stone Bryan Johnson (November 4, 1909 – May 10, 2012), nicknamed "Mama Bird", was the female pilot with the most number of flying hours in the world.

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Frederick Hauck

Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck (pronounced "Howk"; born April 11, 1941) is a retired Captain in the United States Navy, a former fighter pilot and NASA astronaut.

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GRAIL

The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) was an American lunar science mission in NASA's Discovery Program which used high-quality gravitational field mapping of the Moon to determine its interior structure.

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GRAIL MoonKAM

GRAIL MoonKAM (Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students) was an education and public outreach program that was part of NASA’s GRAIL satellite mission to map the Moon’s gravity.

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Harmon Trophy

The Harmon Trophy is a set of three international trophies, to be awarded annually to the world's outstanding aviator, aviatrix, and aeronaut (balloon or dirigible).

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Harvard-Westlake School

Harvard-Westlake School is an independent, co-educational university preparatory day school consisting of two campuses located in Los Angeles, California, (San Fernando Valley) with approximately 1,600 students enrolled in grades seven through 12.

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Heroes for My Daughter

Heroes for My Daughter is a non-fiction book written by Brad Meltzer.

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Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about black female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race.

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History of spaceflight

Spaceflight became part of human achievement in the 20th century following theoretical and practical breakthroughs by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Robert H. Goddard.

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History of women in the United States

This is a piece on history of women in the United States since 1776, and of the Thirteen Colonies before that.

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How a Bill Becomes a Law

"How a Bill Becomes a Law" is the third episode of the fifth season of the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation, and the 71st overall episode of the series.

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Human spaceflight

Human spaceflight (also referred to as crewed spaceflight or manned spaceflight) is space travel with a crew or passengers aboard the spacecraft.

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Index of physics articles (S)

The index of physics articles is split into multiple pages due to its size.

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Index of women scientists articles

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International Forest of Friendship

The International Forest of Friendship is an arboretum and memorial forest beside Lake Warnock in Atchison, Kansas.

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Inventor (role variant)

The Inventor Rational is one of the 16 role variants of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, a self-assessed personality questionnaire designed to help people better understand themselves.

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James E. Hill

General James Erskine Hill (October 1, 1921 – May 20, 1999) was a World War II flying ace, United States Air Force general, and commander in chief of the North American Air Defense Command and the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Defense Command, with consolidated headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Janet Dietrich

Janet Christine Dietrich (1926 – 5 June 2008) was a pilot and one of the Mercury 13 who underwent the same NASA testing in the early 1960s as the Mercury 7 astronauts.

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Jefferson Awards for Public Service

The Jefferson Awards Foundation was created in 1972 by the American Institute for Public Service.

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Jim Jorgensen

Jim Jorgensen (born 1948 in Racine, Wisconsin) is a serial entrepreneur.

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Jim Lovell

James Arthur Lovell Jr. (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut, Naval Aviator, and retired Navy captain.

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Joan Darrah

Joan Darrah is an activist for LGBT rights, specifically the end of the "don't ask don't tell" (DADT) policy, which prohibited gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members from being open about their sexual orientation.

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John Tyler Hammons

John Tyler Hammons (born September 4, 1988) is an American politician who served as the 47th Mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma from 2008 to 2012.

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Judith Resnik

Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died when the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' was destroyed during the launch of mission STS-51-L. Resnik was the second American female astronaut in space, logging 145 hours in orbit.

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July 23

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Junípero Serra

Saint Junípero Serra y Ferrer, O.F.M., (Juníper Serra i Ferrer) (November 24, 1713August 28, 1784) was a Roman Catholic Spanish priest and friar of the Franciscan Order who founded a mission in Baja California and the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, in what was then Alta California in the Province of Las Californias, New Spain.

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June 18

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June 1963

The following events occurred in June 1963.

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Karin Schäfer

Karin Schäfer (born 1963) is a performance artist and the head of the Karin Schäfer Figuren Theater - Visual Theatre Productions company.

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Katherine Johnson

Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (born August 26, 1918) is an African-American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. manned spaceflights.

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KKSM

KKSM is a 500-Watt Class B college radio station broadcasting full-time at 1320 kHz from the campus of Palomar College, San Marcos, California.

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Legacy Walk

The Legacy Walk is an outdoor public display in Chicago, Illinois, USA which celebrates LGBT history and people.

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Lego Space

Lego Space is a Lego theme that features astronauts, spaceships, and extraterrestrial life.

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Library of Congress Living Legend

A Library of Congress Living Legend is someone recognized by the Library of Congress for his or her creative contributions to American life.

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Lindsay Hyde

Lindsay Hyde (born 1982) is the founder and President of Strong Women, Strong Girls, Inc. (SWSG), a Massachusetts-based not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk girls in grades 3-5 build positive self-esteem and skills.

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List of American women's firsts

This is a list of American women's firsts, noting the first time that an American woman or women achieved a given historical feat.

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List of astronauts by first flight

This is a list of astronauts by first flight, in chronological order, according to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale criterion of achieving an altitude higher than, thereby crossing the Kármán line.

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List of astronauts by name

This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.

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List of astronauts by year of selection

This is a list of astronauts by year of selection: people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.

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List of aviators

This is a list of notable aviators.

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List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008

This is a list of notable persons and groups who formally endorsed or voiced support for Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign during the Democratic Party primaries and the general election.

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List of cemeteries in California

This list of cemeteries in California includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea.

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List of circumnavigations

This is a list of circumnavigations of the planet Earth.

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List of female spacefarers

The following is a list of women who have traveled into space, sorted by date of first flight.

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List of guest stars on Sesame Street

The following is a list of guest stars who have appeared on the television series Sesame Street.

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List of historical guests of Planetary Radio

Planetary Radio is a weekly internationally syndicated radio broadcast astronomy and astrophysics related science show available over the air, by satellite radio, and by podcast.

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List of human spaceflights, 1981–90

This is a detailed listing of human spaceflights from 1981 to 1990, spanning the end of the Soviet Union's Salyut space station program, the beginning of Mir, and the start of the US Space Shuttle program.

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List of inductees in the International Space Hall of Fame

This is a list of the inductees to the International Space Hall of Fame at the New Mexico Museum of Space History, in the city of Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States.

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List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender firsts by year

This list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) firsts by year denotes pioneering LGBT endeavors organized chronologically.

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List of minor planets named after people

This is a list of minor planets named after people, both real and fictional.

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List of Norwegian Americans

This is a list of notable Norwegian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

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List of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

This article is a list of notable people who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

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List of people from California

This is a list of notable people from the U.S. state of California.

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List of people from La Jolla

This is a list of notable people who were born or who lived a significant amount of time in La Jolla, San Diego, California.

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List of people from Los Angeles

The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived in, are current residents of, or are otherwise closely associated with or around the city of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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List of people from San Diego

This is a list of famous people who were born, spent a majority of their life, or currently live in San Diego, California, USA.

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List of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

This is an alphabetized, partial list of recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, grouped by the aspect of life in which they are/were renowned.

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List of Scouts

This is a list of notable Scouts and Scouters.

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List of Silver Anniversary Awards recipients

This is a list of the recipients of the Silver Anniversary Awards by the year of award.

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List of Space Shuttle crews

This is a list of persons who served aboard Space Shuttle crews, arranged in chronological order by mission.

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List of Space Shuttle missions

The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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List of space travelers by name

The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary.

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List of space travelers by nationality

The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary.

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List of spaceflight records

This is a list of spaceflight records.

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List of Stanford University people

This page lists the members of Stanford University, including students, alumni, faculty and academic affiliates associated.

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List of U.S. military vessels named after women

Many vessels named after women have seen military service with the United States military.

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List of University of California, San Diego people

The list of University of California, San Diego people includes notable graduates, professors and administrators affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States.

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Mae Jemison

Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut.

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Margaret Hamilton (scientist)

Margaret Heafield Hamilton (born Heafield on August 17, 1936) is an American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner.

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Maria Shriver

Maria Owings Shriver (born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist, author, and former First Lady of California.

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Maria Zuber

Maria T. Zuber (born June 27, 1958) is a member of the National Science Board and the Vice President for Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she also holds the position of the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.

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Marion Dietrich

Marion Dietrich (1926–1974) was a pilot and one of the Mercury 13 who underwent the same NASA testing in the early 1960s as the Mercury 7 astronauts.

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Mary Alice Williams

Mary Alice Williams (born March 12, 1949) is a former co-anchor of NBC's Weekend Today and a former anchor and news division Vice President on CNN.

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May 26

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Meanings of minor planet names: 4001–5000

009 | 4009 Drobyshevskij || || Edward Drobyshevski, Russian astro- and plasma physicist at Ioffe Institute in St.

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Mercury 13

Mercury 13 refers to thirteen American women who, as part of a privately funded program, underwent some of the same physiological screening tests as the astronauts selected by NASA on April 9, 1959 for Project Mercury.

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Mortar Board

The Mortar Board is a national honor society for college seniors.

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Nancy Roman

Nancy Grace Roman (born May 16, 1925) is an American astronomer who was one of the first female executives at NASA.

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NASA Astronaut Group 8

NASA's Astronaut Group 8 was the first selection in nine years of astronaut candidates since Group 7 in August 1969.

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National Aviation Hall of Fame

The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) is a museum, annual awards ceremony and learning and research center that was founded in 1962 as an Ohio non-profit corporation in Dayton, Ohio, United States, known as the "Birthplace of Aviation" with its connection to the Wright brothers.

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National Statuary Hall Collection

The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is composed of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history.

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National Women's Hall of Fame

The National Women's Hall of Fame is an American institution created in 1969 by a group of people in Seneca Falls, New York, the location of the 1848 women's rights convention.

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Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols (born Grace Dell Nichols; December 28, 1932) is an American actress, singer, and voice artist.

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Nick Sagan

Nick Sagan (born September 16, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American novelist and screenwriter.

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Patricia S. Cowings

Patricia S. Cowings (born 1948) is an aerospace psychophysiologist, and was the first African American woman scientist to be trained as an astronaut by NASA (though Sally Ride was the first American woman to fly in space).

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Planetary Radio

Planetary Radio is a weekly 30-minute radio show devoted to space exploration and astronomy, hosted and produced by Mat Kaplan and The Planetary Society.

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Platinum Tour

The Platinum Tour presented by Crystal Light is the fifth headlining concert tour by American country music singer Miranda Lambert.

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Rebecca Otto

Rebecca Otto (born July 9, 1963) is an American politician serving as the 18th and current State Auditor of Minnesota since 2007.

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Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee

The Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee (also known as the HSF Committee, Augustine Commission or Augustine Committee) was a group reviewing the human spaceflight plans of the United States.

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Ride

Ride may refer to.

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Ride On (Christy Moore album)

Ride On is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 1984.

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Ride Report

The Ride Report is the informal name of the report titled NASA Leadership and America's Future in Space: A Report to the Administrator.

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Robert Crippen

Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937) is an American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and retired astronaut.

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Robert Kraft

Robert Kenneth Kraft (born June 5, 1941) is an American businessman.

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Rogers Commission Report

The Rogers Commission Report was created by a Presidential Commission charged with investigating the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster during its 10th mission, STS-51-L. The report, released and submitted to President Ronald Reagan on 9 June 1986, both determined the cause of the disaster that took place 73 seconds after liftoff, and urged NASA to improve and install new safety features on the shuttles and in its organizational handling of future missions.

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RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28)

RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28) is a owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

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Sally

Sally may refer to.

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Sally Ride EarthKAM

Sally Ride EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students) is a NASA educational outreach program started in 1996.

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Sally Ride Science

Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego is a nonprofit run by the University of California, San Diego.

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Science Writing Award

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) instituted their Science Writing Award to "promote effective science communication in print and broadcast media in order to improve the general public's appreciation of physics, astronomy, and allied science fields." The winner receives $3000, and an engraved Windsor Chair.

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September 1961

The following events occurred in September 1961.

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Ship sponsor

A ship sponsor, by tradition, is a female civilian who is invited to "sponsor" a vessel, presumably to bestow good luck and divine protection over the seagoing vessel and all that sail aboard.

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Silver Anniversary Awards

The Silver Anniversary Awards are given each year by the American National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to recognize six distinguished former student-athletes on their 25th anniversary as college graduates.

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Space Exploration Initiative

The Space Exploration Initiative was a 1989–1993 space public policy initiative of the George H. W. Bush administration.

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Space Flight Award

The Space Flight Award is given annually by the American Astronautical Society to the person whose outstanding efforts and achievements have contributed most significantly to the advancement of space flight and space exploration.

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Space Foundation

Space Foundation is a Colorado-based nonprofit organization that advocates for all sectors of the global space industry through space awareness activities, educational programs and major industry events.

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Space Shuttle Challenger

Space Shuttle Challenger (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was the second orbiter of NASA's space shuttle program to be put into service, after ''Columbia''.

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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

On January 28, 1986, the NASA shuttle orbiter mission STS-51-L and the tenth flight of (OV-99) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, which consisted of five NASA astronauts and two payload specialists.

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Space.com

Space.com is a space and astronomy news website.

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Steven Hawley

Steven Alan Hawley (born December 12, 1951) is a former NASA astronaut who flew on five U.S. Space Shuttle flights.

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STS-2

STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by NASA, and the second flight of the orbiter ''Columbia''.

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STS-3

STS-3 was NASA's third Space Shuttle mission, and was the third mission for the Space Shuttle ''Columbia''.

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STS-41-D

STS-41-D was the 12th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the first mission of Space Shuttle ''Discovery''.

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STS-41-G

STS-41-G was the 13th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle ''Challenger''.

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STS-61-M

STS-61-M was a proposed Space Shuttle mission, planned for July 1986 but canceled following the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster (STS-51-L).

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STS-7

STS-7 was NASA's seventh Space Shuttle mission, and the second mission for the Space Shuttle ''Challenger''.

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Tam O'Shaughnessy

Tam Elizabeth O'Shaughnessy (born January 27, 1952) is an American children’s science writer and former professional tennis player who co-founded, with Sally Ride, the science education company Sally Ride Science.

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Texas Monthly Talks

Texas Monthly Talks was a thirty-minute interview show on public television networks across the state of Texas hosted by Evan Smith, then Editor Emeritus of Texas Monthly magazine.

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Texas Woman's University

Texas Woman's University (historically the College of Industrial Arts and Texas State College for Women, commonly known as TWU) is a co-educational university in Denton, Texas, United States, with two health science center branches in Dallas and Houston.

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The Burn with Jeff Ross

The Burn with Jeff Ross is a comedy panel show hosted by comedian Jeff Ross that aired on Comedy Central.

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The Challenger

The Challenger (US title: The Challenger Disaster) is a 2013 TV movie starring William Hurt about Richard Feynman's investigation into the 1986 Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster.

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The Dream Is Alive

The Dream is Alive is an IMAX documentary film, released in June 1985, about NASA's Space Shuttle program.

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The Little Mermaid (1989 film)

The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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The Women's Conference

The Women's Conference (formerly the California Governor & First Lady's Conference on Women) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan US organization and annual forum for women.

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Theodore Roosevelt Award

The Theodore Roosevelt Award is the highest honor the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) may confer on an individual.

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Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2009)

The following is a timeline of the Presidency of Barack Obama from his inauguration as president of the United States on January 20, 2009, to December 31, 2009.

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Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel is an American supernatural drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994, and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003.

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Touched by an Angel (season 5)

The fifth season of the American dramatic television series Touched by an Angel aired CBS from September 20, 1998 through May 23, 1999, spanning 27 episodes.

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United States Astronaut Hall of Fame

The United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, located inside the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Heroes & Legends building, honors American astronauts and features the world's largest collection of their personal memorabilia, focusing on those astronauts who have been inducted into the Hall; as well as Sigma 7, the fifth manned Mercury spacecraft.

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Voyage (novel)

Voyage is a 1996 hard science fiction novel by British author Stephen Baxter.

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We Didn't Start the Fire

"We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song by American musician Billy Joel.

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White House Astronomy Night

White House Astronomy Night (and alternatively Astronomy Night on the National Mall) is an event first organized by the White House in conjunction with the Office of Science and Technology Policy to motivate interest in astronomy and science education.

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Who Was...?

Who Was..? is a book series published by Grosset & Dunlap designed for children since 2003.

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William P. Rogers

William Pierce Rogers (June 23, 1913 – January 2, 2001) was an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer.

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Women in NASA

Women in NASA The role of women in and affiliated with NASA has varied over time.

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Women in science

Women have made significant contributions to science from the earliest times.

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Women in space

Women of many nationalities have worked in space.

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Women on US stamps

The history of women on US stamps begins in 1893, when Queen Isabella became the first woman on a US stamp.

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Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica

Woodlawn Cemetery, Mortuary & Mausoleum is located at 1847 14th Street in Santa Monica, California, United States.

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1951

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1951 in science

The year 1951 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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1951 in the United States

Events from the year 1951 in the United States.

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1983

The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.

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1983 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1983.

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1983 in the United States

Events from the year 1983 in the United States.

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2005 Indianapolis 500

The 89th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 29, 2005.

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2012

2012 was designated as.

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2012 in science

The year 2012 involved many significant scientific events and discoveries, including the first orbital rendezvous by a commercial spacecraft, the discovery of a particle highly similar to the long-sought Higgs boson, and the near-eradication of guinea worm disease.

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2012 in spaceflight

The year 2012 saw a number of significant events in spaceflight.

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2012 in the United States

Events in the year 2012 in the United States.

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References

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