What are sally rides accomplishments?

Question

What are sally rides accomplishments?

Answer 1

First (American) female astronaut.

Answer 2

-A Bachelor of Science in physics and a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1973 from Stanford University.

-Master of Science and doctorate degrees in physics from Stanford in 1975 and 1978.

-Selected for astronaut training in 1978

-Flew in space twice

-Assigned to NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. as assistant to the NASA Administrator for long-range planning.

-written a children's book, To Space and Back, describing her experiences in space

-Her latest books, Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of The Solar System and The Third Planet: Exploring The Earth From Space are currently in bookstores

-Dr. Ride is currently a physicist and a member of the faculty at the University of California, San Diego, as a physics professor.

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/people/bios/wo...

http://cass.ucsd.edu/personal/sride.html