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Gallery: Sally Ride Remembered

Ride was the first American women in space. She died at home in La Jolla on Monday. She was 61.

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Astronaut Sally Ride died Monday in La Jolla at the age of 61 after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

Ride, a former professor, headed San Diego-based Sally Ride Science , a science-education company dedicated to supporting girls’ and boys’ interests in science, math and technology.

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Sally Ride speaks about her NASA experiences in the video above.

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