Sally Ride Named President of Space.com.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept, 21, 1999-- Dr. Sally Ride Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26 1951) is an American former astronaut who in 1983 became the first American woman to reach outer space.[1][2] She was preceded by two Soviet women, Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982). , the first American First American may refer to:
"Sally's depth of experience, strategic approach and proven record of success are exactly the right mix of skills necessary to lead this company as we continue on a path of accelerated, focused growth," said Dobbs. "space.com has taken off like a rocket," said Ride, "and I'm excited about helping guide its trajectory. The people at space.com bring enormous energy, expertise, and imagination to this enterprise. Together, I'm confident we can fulfill Lou Dobbs' vision of bringing the adventure of space to the public." As the director of strategic and long-range planning for NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , Dr. Ride produced the widely read report on the future of the space program entitled "Leadership and America's Future in Space." She also created NASA's Office of Exploration. Dr. Ride served on the Presidential Commission investigating the 1986 Challenger accident and chaired its subcommittee on operations. As a member of NASA's astronaut corps, Dr. Ride was actively involved in the design, simulation and testing of the Space Shuttle's robot arm and supported several Shuttle flights as capsule communicator in NASA's Mission Control. During her first mission aboard the Challenger in 1983, Dr. Ride was part of the five-member crew that performed the first satellite deployment and retrieval with the Shuttle's robot arm. Dr. Ride's second space flight was also aboard Challenger, in 1984. Dr. Ride is a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego UCSD is consistently ranked among the top ten public universities for undergraduate education in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.[3] It is a Public Ivy. [1] For graduate studies, most of UCSD's Ph.D. , where she is also in charge of Earthkam, an education project that enables students to take digital pictures of the Earth from a camera on board the Space Shuttle. A member of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, Dr. Ride has twice been awarded the National Spaceflight Medal and has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame The National Women's Hall of Fame was created in 1969 by a group of people in Seneca Falls, New York, the location of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention. The mission of the National Women's Hall of Fame is "to honor in perpetuity those women, citizens of the United States of . She received her B.A. in English and a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., all in physics, from Stanford University. space.com is the only web site dedicated to news, information, education and entertainment focused entirely on space and space-related content. The space.com Board of Directors includes Dr. Ride; Ray Rothrock, General Partner, Venrock Associates; Bill Helman, General Partner, Greylock; Don Marron mar·ron n. See Spanish chestnut. [French; see maroon2.] , Chairman & CEO, PaineWebber; and Lou Dobbs, Chairman & CEO, space.com. The space.com Board of Advisors includes Eugene Cernan, John Patrick, Gerry Wheeler, Norm Augustine and General Tom Stafford. Venrock Associates, the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family, is providing equity backing for space.com as is private venture capital firm Greylock. |
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