Sally Ride Death Facts: Age, Cause of Death, Birthday, Date of Death Tragedy!
Sally Ride died at age 61, respectable. Check out the death cause, death date, and more facts about the circumstances surrounding astronaut Sally Ride's death.
Biography - A Short Wiki
American astronaut and physicist who joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman to enter low-Earth orbit. She flew two missions aboard the Challenger shuttle: STS-7 and STS-41-G.
She married Steven Hawley in 1982 and divorced him in 1987. After her death, it was revealed that she had a 27-year relationship with Tam O’Shaughnessy, a female tennis player and professor.
How did Sally Ride die?
Sally Ride's death was caused by pancreatic cancer.
| Cause of death | Pancreatic Cancer |
|---|---|
| Age of death | 61 years |
| Profession | Astronaut |
| Birthday | May 26, 1951 |
| Death date | July 23, 2012 |
| Place of death | La Jolla, California, United States |
| Place of burial | City of Santa Monica Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary, Santa Monica, California, United States |
Quotes
Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It’s posing questions and coming up with a method. It’s delving in.
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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds – compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.
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I’ve spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don’t see why I should start now.
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The view of Earth is spectacular.
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