Sally Ride
(1951-2012)
— Rainbow Honor Walk —
Sally Ride
Erected 2017 by Rainbow Honor Walk.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Science & Medicine • Women. In addition, it is included in the Rainbow Honor Walk series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 26, 1951.
Location. 37° 45.78′ N, 122° 26.096′ W. Marker is in San Francisco, California, in San Francisco City and County. It is in Duboce Triangle. Marker is at the intersection of Market Street and Castro Street, on the right when traveling west on Market Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2390 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94114, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Fereydoun Farrokhzad (a few steps from this marker); Barbara Jordan (within shouting distance of this marker); José Sarria (within shouting distance of this marker); AIDS Memorial Quilt (within shouting distance of this marker); Kiyoshi Kuromiya (within shouting distance of this marker); Officer Jane Warner (within shouting distance of this marker); Rikki Streicher (within shouting distance of this marker); Gerry Studds (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Francisco.
Also see . . .
1. Sally Ride - The First American Woman In Space | Mini Bio (YouTube, Bio.com, 3 min.)
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2. Sally Ride (Wikipedia). "Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American engineer, physicist and astronaut. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. Ride was the third woman in space overall, after USSR cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982). Ride remains the youngest American astronaut to have traveled to space, having done so at the age of 32. After flying twice on the Orbiter Challenger, she left NASA in 1987. She worked for two years at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control, then at the University of California, San Diego as a professor of physics, primarily researching nonlinear optics and Thomson scattering. She served on the committees that investigated the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, the only person to participate in both. Ride died of pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012." (Submitted on July 15, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.)
Additional keywords. LGBT LGBTQ
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 232 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 15, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
