RIP Sally Ride … My First Hero

I was nine years old when I first wanted to be an astronaut, and my first hero was Sally Ride. I looked up to her as a woman, a scientist, and an astronaut. Sally's enthusiasm for life, boundless energy, intelligence, and passion for science wereSally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died Monday after battling pancreatic cancer, her company said on its website. She was 61. "Sally lived her life to the fullest, with boundless energy, curiosity, intelligence, passion, commitmentI was nine years old when I first wanted to be an astronaut, and my first hero was Sally

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