Sally ride

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  1. When Sally first graduated high school, she thought she might
  2. want to become a professional tennis player.
  3. However, after practicing all day every day for months, she
  4. realized a lifeline of playing tennis wasn't for her.
  5. She enrolled at Stanford University in California.
  6. Sally did well at Stanford.
  7. She earned bachelor's degree in physics and English.
  8. Then she earned a master's in a pH and physics
  9. doing research in astrophysics.
  10. Sally responded to a newspaper that NASA was looking for
  11. astronauts. Over 8000 people applied, but only 25 people were
  12. hired. Sally was one of them.
  13. Sally went to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas,
  14. to train to become an astronaut.
  15. She had to go through all sorts of physical tests,
  16. including weight listeners training, parachute jumping, water training such as
  17. scuba and treating water in a heavy flight suit.
  18. She also had to become an expert in space travel
  19. and all the controls within the space shuttle.
  20. Yeah, Sally lifted off in space shuttle challenger Sally felt
  21. immense power of the rocket, pushing her off the road,
  22. and half a million people aligned the causeway near the
  23. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, cheering ride, Sally Ride all
  24. this happened while she thought This sure is fun.
  25. Then she floated blissfully throughout the cabin.
  26. When they reach our bit during the seventh day light,
  27. Sally took in the view from the shirtless windows.
  28. When there, well, there, she explained that being able to
  29. put on a pressure suit and then open the hatch
  30. and step outside and have a view of essentially the
  31. universe, I'm in front of you.
  32. Both missions were a success.
  33. They deep appointed satellites ran scientific experience and health, NASA's
  34. who continue to learn more about space and space.
  35. Light Ali was scheduled from a third mission when the
  36. unthinkable happened, the space shuttle Challenger exploded on takeoff and
  37. all the committee members were killed.
  38. Sally's mission was cancelled.
  39. She was assigned to President Roh.
  40. Ronald Regan's Can't patient to investigate Accident.
  41. Sally Days as an astronaut were over, but she continued
  42. to work for NASA.
  43. She worked on stretch tragic planning for a while and
  44. then became director of the Office of Exploration for NASA.
  45. After leaving NASA, sadly worked at Stanford University, the California
  46. Space Institute, and even started her own company called Sally
  47. Ride Space