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==NASA biography==

==NASA biography==

Ride was selected as an [[astronaut]] candidate by [[NASA]] in January 1978. In August 1979, she completed a one year training and evaluation period, making her eligible for assignment as a mission specialist on future [[Space Shuttle]] flight crews. She subsequently performed as an on-orbit capsule communicator (CAPCOM) on the STS-2 and STS-3 missions.[[Image:STS2 patch.jpg|right|thumb|200px|STS-7 Mission patch]]

Ride was selected as an [[astronaut]] candidate by [[NASA]] in January 1978. In August 1979, she completed a one year training and evaluation period, making her eligible for assignment as a mission specialist on future [[Space Shuttle]] flight crews. She subsequently performed as an on-orbit capsule communicator (CAPCOM) on the STS-2 and STS-3 missions.[[Image:STS2 patch.jpg|right|thumb|200px|STS-7 Mission patch]]

Dr. Ride was a mission specialist on STS-7, which launched from [[Kennedy Space Center]], [[Florida]], on June 18, 1983. She was accompanied by Captain Robert L. Crippen (spacecraft commander), Captain Frederick H. Hauck (pilot), and fellow mission specialists Colonel John M. Fabian and Dr. Norman E. Thagard. This was the second flight for the Orbiter Challenger and the first mission with a 5-person crew. During the mission, the STS-7 crew deployed satellites for [[Canada]] (ANIK C-2) and [[Indonesia]] (PALAPA B-1); operated the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System (RMS) to perform the first deployment and retrieval exercise with the Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01); conducted the first formation flying of the orbiter with a free-flying satellite (SPAS-01); carried and operated the first U.S./[[Germany|German]] cooperative materials science payload (OSTA-2); and operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) and the Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR) experiments, in addition to activating seven Getaway Specials. Mission duration was 147 hours before landing on a lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base, [[California]], on June 24, 1983.[[Image:STS3 patch.png|right|thumb|200px|STS 41-G Mission patch]]

Dr. Ride was a mission specialist on STS-7, which launched from [[Kennedy Space Center]], [[Florida]], on June 18, 1983. She was accompanied by Captain Robert L. Crippen (spacecraft commander), Captain Frederick H. Hauck (pilot), and fellow mission specialists Colonel John M. Fabian and Dr. Norman E. Thagard. This was the second flight for the Orbiter Challenger and the first mission with a 5-person crew. During the mission, the STS-7 crew deployed satellites for [[Canada]] (ANIK C-2) and [[Indonesia]] (PALAPA B-1); operated the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System (RMS) to perform the first deployment and retrieval exercise with the Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01); conducted the first formation flying of the orbiter with a free-flying satellite (SPAS-01); carried and operated the first U.S./[[Germany|German]] cooperative materials science payload (OSTA-2); and operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) and the Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR) experiments, in addition to activating seven Getaway Specials. Mission duration was 147 hours before landing on a lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base, [[California]], on June 24, 1983.[[Image:STS3 patch.png|right|thumb|200px|STS 41-G Mission patch]]

In June 1985 Dr. Ride was assigned to the crew of STS 61-M. Mission training was terminated in January 1986 following the [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] accident. Dr. Ride served as a member of the Presidential Commission investigating the accident. Upon completion of the investigation she was assigned to NASA Headquarters as Special Assistant to the Administrator for long range and strategic planning.

In June 1985 Dr. Ride was assigned to the crew of STS 61-M. Mission training was terminated in January 1986 following the [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] accident. Dr. Ride served as a member of the Presidential Commission investigating the accident. Upon completion of the investigation she was assigned to NASA Headquarters as Special Assistant to the Administrator for long range and strategic planning.

In 1989, Dr. Ride joined the faculty at UCSD as a Professor of Physics and Director of the University of California’s California Space Institute. In 2001 she founded her own company, Sally Ride Science to pursue her long-time passion of motivating girls and young women to pursue careers in [[science]], [[Mathematics|math]] and technology. The company creates entertaining science programs and publications for upper elementary and middle school students and their parents and teachers.

In 1989, Dr. Ride joined the faculty at UCSD as a Professor of Physics and Director of the University of California’s California Space Institute. In 2001 she founded her own company, Sally Ride Science to pursue her long-time passion of motivating girls and young women to pursue careers in [[science]], [[Mathematics|math]] and technology. The company creates entertaining science programs and publications for upper elementary and middle school students and their parents and teachers.