Sally Ride is the fourth woman to be honored as a Cygnus namesake.
's STS-7 crew. She flew again on Challenger a year later, serving as an STS-41G mission specialist, bringing her total time in space to just over two weeks.
Ride set records on the ground, too. A nationally ranked youth tennis player, Ride was the first woman to serve as CapCom, or capsule communicator, in mission control. After leaving the astronaut corps, she continued to serve the U.S. space program, becoming the only member of both investigation boards that followed NASA's two shuttle tragedies. Ride also joined the 2009 commission that helped shape the agency's current spaceflight programs.
In 2001, Ride and her life partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, co-founded Sally Ride Science, a company aimed at motivating young girls to pursue careers in science and engineering. Ride"Her impact continues to be felt today. She paved the way for future generations to push the boundaries of spaceflight and exploration," said Warden."We are honored to name our newest Cygnus spacecraft after this remarkable woman.
In the years since her death, Ride has been honored with the naming of the U.S Navy's R/V Sally Ride; has had her likeness appear on a U.S. postage stamp and a U.S. quarter dollar coin; and has been memorialized with aoutside of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Long Island, New York. She has also been honored with a Barbie doll, a
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