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.

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 ...

Sally, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 28, sheds light on Ride and O’Shaughnessy’s relationship, which they had concealed from the public prior to Ride’s death.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Sally Ride, as seen on the cover of author Lynn Sherr's new book about her life, "Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space." (Image credit: Simon & Schuster) Lynn Sherr knew Sally Ride.

When Sally Ride arrived at NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1978, there were approximately 4,000 technical employees working there. Want to guess how many were men? If you said 3,996 ...

Sally Ride soared into history 35 years ago as the first American woman in space. This week, six years after her death made her eligible for recognition, the United States Postal Service is ...

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.

When Sally Ride died in 2012 at the age of 61, the world was taken by surprise. Few knew that America’s first woman in space had pancreatic cancer, and even fewer knew that she had a partner, a ...