Press numbers 1-5 to see the different facts. Fact 1: Sally Ride was the third woman in space nd the first LGBTQ+ known person to go in space. She was also the first american woman to go into space. Fact 2: Sally Ride co-founded her own company to help instruct kids (mainly girls) about space and science. Fact 3: Sally Ride wrote a lot of books about her experience in space. She left college for a year to try to pursue a career in professional tennis, but eventually decided to become an astronaut. Fact 4: Sally Ride married twice. Once to her fellow astronaut and once to a person called Tam O'Shaughnessy. She had no kids but had a sister called Karen Ride. Fact 5: Sally Rides second space flight was on the STS-41-G in 1984. She spent a total of more than 343 hours (about 2 weeks) in space. She never got to do her third and final mission because the Challenger exploded.
Some websites used for research: - https://www.nasa.gov/content/president-obama-awards-presidential-medal-of-freedom-to-sally-ride/ - https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/who-was-sally-ride-k4.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride - https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sally-ride - https://www.space.com/16756-sally-ride-biography.html - https://www.biography.com/astronaut/sally-ride
