Sally K. Ride (May 26, 1951–July 23, 2012) became the first American woman in space in 1983. She was one of six women selected to enter the astronaut corps in 1978. While all six women flew on space ...

Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, and when she died in 2012, her obituary publicly revealed that she was gay. KCRW hears from her partner Tam O’Shaughnessy, plus the director of the ...

The U.S. shipped a nuclear reactor to Tehran in the late 1960s. After it cut diplomatic ties with Iran after the Islamic ...

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO leaders gathered in the Netherlands on Tuesday for a historic two-day summit that could ...

The scheme was revealed to law enforcement by an accused Iranian government asset who spent time in American prisons for ...

A rare collection of items from the estate of Dr. Sally Ride —the first American woman in space—is now up for auction at Nate ...

On June 24, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger — carrying America’s first woman in space, Sally Ride — coasted to a safe ...

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One can't help but wonder what Sally Ride would think about Sally, the documentary about her life. Ride became a national ...