The first U.S. female astronaut dies

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Sally Ride, first American woman to go into space, has died at the age of 61 years in La Jolla, California for 17 months after battling pancreatic cancer he suffered.

Sally became the first female U.S. astronaut after he followed the Challenger space shuttle mission in June 1983.

In addition, Sally then 32-year-old became the youngest U.S. astronaut orbiting the Earth.

Had a tennis athlete, Sally and then won at least four academic degrees including a doctorate of physics.

• "Historic Space Mission Sally Ride became the country's attention and make it widely known to all family," declared Sally Ride Science Foundation.

Since Sally's first mission into space, until recently listed 45 female astronauts from the U.S. and other countries carrying out the mission space.

And two female astronauts are even became commander of the mission.

However, Sally Ride is not the world's first woman to orbit the Earth. The first woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union in June 1963.

National hero
Meanwhile, condolences came from U.S. President Barack Obama. In a statement, Obama expressed his deep sorrow over berpulangnya Sally Ride.

• "As a first female astronaut, Sally was a national hero and the best role models," said Obama.

Sally Ride was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He grabbed delar master's and doctoral degrees in physics at Stanford University.

According to Sally Ride Science Foundation, he became an astronaut after reading an advertisement in the student newspaper at Stanford University.

In the ad invites all NASA scientists and engineers, including women scientists, to join the unity of the astronauts.

Sally then officially joined NASA in 1978 with 34 other people get rid of more than 8,000 applicants.

In its mission to outer space, Sally served to operate a robotic arm to help build a satellite.

Always remembered



Sally Ride when he met President Barack Obama in Washington DC in 2010.

Sally runs out of space missions both in 1984 and is scheduled to run third mission when Challenger exploded in 1986.

Challenger exploded just one minute after takeoff, killing the seven astronauts in it. As a result of this tragedy, the American space program to stop outside for three years.

After the tragedy, Sally became a member of the presidential commission to investigate the Challenger tragedy. He also became a member of a similar commission to investigate when Columbia exploded while returning to Earth in 2003.

• "Sally Ride has opened barriers with grace and professionalism. And it literally changed the face of the American space program," said NASA director Charles Bolden.

• "He will always be missed but the star will always shine brightly," Bolden added.

After leaving NASA, Sally became a professor at the University of California San Diego and a researcher at Stanford University.

In 2001 he established the Foundation launched the Sally Ride Science is science programs and publications for students. He has also written five science books for students.

• "The fact that the American women who go into space to keep up my hopes," said Sally in an interview in 2008.

• "I never thought about it now, but I feel very honored to have helped elect," he said.

Source : Detik.com

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