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 woman.

The mementoes — a set of more than 50 pieces called the Sally Ride Estate Collection — sold for a total of $145,666, ...

Medals owned by pioneering astronaut Sally Ride took center stage in a recent Nate D. Sanders auction and the lots included ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, "Sally," about the life of astronaut ...

During the White House's 2009 Astronomy Night, astronaut Sally Ride shared insights about space exploration and science education. In response to questions from students, she emphasized the importance ...

Sally Ride was the first American woman to go into space. She made two shuttle flights and later became a champion for science education and a role model for generations.

It has been 40 years since Sally Ride became the first woman from the United States to travel into outer space. June 18 marks the anniversary of Ride’s ceiling-shattering, six-day mission on the ...

In life, Sally Ride became famous as America's first woman in space — and in death, she's now added to her fame as the first acknowledged gay astronaut.The revelation came in a low-key way ...

The name Sally Ride carries with it the hushed whispers of greatness. As the first American woman to go into space in 1983, Ride became an icon. Young girls who saw the famed astronaut on the ...

Sally Ride, an astronaut and physicist who in 1983 became the first American woman sent into space, died of pancreatic cancer Monday at her home in La Jolla, Calif. She was 61.