Astronaut and astrophysicist Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983. Read about her career, relationships, books, death, and more.

Sally Ride’s partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, detailed her decision to reveal their 27-year romance before the famed astronaut died in 2012 following her battle with pancreatic cancer.

Sally Ride is best known as the first American woman in space, but a new documentary sheds light on another significant aspect of her life — her secret, decades-long relationship with another ...

Sally Ride is remembered for her pioneering journey into space, but a new documentary reveals another dimension of the astronaut’s story. Ride’s life partner Tam O’Shaughnessy opens up about ...

Sally Ride is remembered for her pioneering journey into space, but a new documentary reveals another dimension of the astronaut’s story. Ride’s life partner Tam O’Shaughnessy opens up about their ...

Watch the trailer for 'Sally,' the National Geographic documentary about astronaut Sally Ride, directed by Cristina Costantini.

During one of the countless, often boneheaded interviews Sally Ride endured about her pioneering role in the United States space program, she schools a reporter on how to address her. “It’s Dr ...

The new Sally Ride documentary "Sally" chronicles the astronaut's career, but gets into thorny territory when it conjectures about her personal life.

Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983. Forty years later, NASA is preparing to send a woman to the moon for the first time.

MELBOURNE, Fla. — Sally Ride shattered the glass ceiling on June 18, 1983, in dramatic fashion aboard NASA’s space shuttle Challenger to become the first American woman in space. Now on the 40th ...