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  • Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, is shown while talking with members of the Nevada Women's Fund in Reno, Nev., Tuesday, May 13, 2003. Ride on Tuesday said it's ``unfortunate'' Annika Sorenstam is being criticized for trying to become the first woman to compete on the PGA Tour in 58 years. ``It is a little bit surprising,'' Ride said Tuesday before a speech to the Nevada Women's Fund. (AP Photo/Debra Reid)
  • Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, is presented a medal symbolizing her induction into the National Aviation Hall of Fame by friend and former astronaut Robert Crippen on Saturday. Ride was one of five aviators honored at the event. Staff photo by Dave Munch
  • The five aviators inducted into the National Aviation Hall of fame pose for a group portrait with their presenters on Saturday, July 21, 2007. The inductees are Walter Boyne (second from left), Sally Ride (third from left), Evelyn Bryan Johnson (fifth from left), Steve Fossett (fifth from right) and Frederick Smith (far right). Staff photo by Dave Munch
  • Dr. Sally Ride goes through fire training procedures at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., August 24, 1982. Ride, along with astronuats Bob Crippen, Fred Hauck, and John Fabian, will be aboard the seventh mission of the space shuttle, set for April 1983. The trip will make her the first American woman in space. (AP Photo/Ron Lindsey)
  • Astronaut Sally Ride poses at Kennedy Space Center in Fla., on Aug. 29, 1983. Ride, who was a crew member of the Space Shuttle 7, is at the center to support the crew of Space Shuttle 8 during their launch. (AP Photo/Brian Russell)
  • Astronaut Sally Ride, who was a member of the Space Shuttle 7 crew in June 1983, poses with
  • Astronauts, from left, Ellen Ochoa, Joan Higginbotham, Yvonne Cagle, and former astronaut Sally Ride during a symposium at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Monday, July 19, 1999, on women in the space industry. Ride was the first woman to fly on a U.S. space shuttle. (AP Photo/NASA, George Shelton)
  • Former Astronaut Sally Ride speaks at the First National Summit on the Advancement of Girls in Math and Science in Washington Monday, May 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
  • Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, right, and former Astronaut Sally Ride speak during a press availability at the First National Summit on the Advancement of Girls in Math and Science in Washington Monday, May 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
  • An undated photo released by NASA shows astronaut Sally Ride. Ride, the first American woman in space, will be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, hall officials announced Friday, Dec. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/NASA)
  • FILE--Astronaut Sally Ride, a member of the presidential commission investigating the space shuttle Challenger explosion, is shown in this 1986 file photo during a hearing by the group. It's taken two centuries for women to sit in some of the most plum _ and not-so-plum _ spots in America, but a look back shows how fast the barriers are falling, Working Woman magazine said Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1996, in releasing a chronicle of ``female firsts'' of the last 20 years. Ride was the first American woman in space in 1983. (AP Photo/File)
 

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