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Published July 23, 2012, 12:00 AM

Sally Ride in 1983


In this Aug. 29, 1983, file photo, astronaut Sally Ride poses at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Caneveral, Fla. Ride, the first American woman in space, died Monday, July 23, 2012, after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 61. (AP Photo/Brian Russell, File)
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