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WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and President Obama are honoring the life and legacy of Sally Ride on the day a national tribute was held for the first American woman in space. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The president announced Monday afternoon Ride will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House later this year. The Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian...

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting journalists to tonight's "Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy," a national tribute to America's first woman in space. The special event will be held at the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., at 7 p.m. EDT. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online NASA will be celebrating the life of the famous female astronaut Sally Ride on Monday in Washington DC at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The space agency said this celebration will highlight Ride's contribution and the legacies she left behind after passing away last July. Attendees will be treated to talents from Patti Austin, Damian Kulash of the band OK Go, Twyla Tharp, Maria Shriver and Billie Jean King....

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting the general public and journalists to "Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy," an educational tribute to America's first woman in space on Monday, May 20. The special event will be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., at 7 p.m. EDT. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO )...

NASA Science NASA has named the site where twin gravity probes hit the Moon yesterday in honor of the late astronaut, Sally K. Ride, who was America's first woman in space and a member of the probes' mission team. On Dec. 14th, Ebb and Flow, the two spacecraft of NASA's GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) mission, were commanded to descend into a lower orbit and target a mountain near the Moon's north pole. The formation-flying duo hit the lunar surface as planned at...

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network today released the following statement regarding the passing of Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel into space: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/LA79914LOGO) "Sally Ride was an inspiration for all Americans, not just young women who learned from her extraordinary example that anything is possible," said Julie Fleshman, president and CEO of the Pancreatic...

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from former NASA astronaut Steve Hawley regarding the death of fellow astronaut Sally Ride. Hawley was selected into the astronaut corps in 1978 and was married to Ride from 1982 until 1987. A veteran of five space shuttle flights, he left the agency in 2008 and now is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO)...

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a space agency filled with trailblazers, Sally K. Ride was a pioneer of a different sort. The soft-spoken California physicist broke the gender barrier 29 years ago when she rode to orbit aboard space shuttle Challenger to become America's first woman in space. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) "Sally Ride broke barriers with grace and professionalism -- and literally changed the face of America's...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, has taken her final journey, passing on at the young age of 61 years old. Ride, who became a household name after venturing off into space for the first time in 1983, died on Monday after battling pancreatic cancer for 17 months. "Sally Ride broke barriers with grace and professionalism – and literally changed the face of America’s space program," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden...

ROSEVILLE, Calif., March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PASCO® scientific, the global leader in 21st century science education, today announced that its middle school science solution Key Concepts in Science, a joint development of PASCO and Sally Ride Science(TM), has been named a finalist for the Software and Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 2012 CODiE Awards in education technology. The CODiE Awards in educational technology is an annual program recognizing excellence in...