Astronauta Y Física Sally Ride (Astronaut and Physicist Sally Ride)

Alguna vez so?aste con ir al espacio exterior? Cuando Sally Ride era una ni?a, vio en la televisi?n cuando el astronauta John Glenn se lanz? al espacio. Veinte a?os m?s tarde, se convirti? en la primera mujer estadounidense en ir al espacio.

Ride ama la ciencia desde que era joven. Algunos de sus profesores pensaban que estaba perdiendo el tiempo al estudiar ciencia, pero luego obtuvo su doctorado en astrof?sica. Cuando el programa entrenamiento de astronautas de la NASA se abri? para las mujeres, Ride se inscribi? r?pidamente. Algunos pensaban que las mujeres no pod?an manejar un vuelo espacial. Pero Ride trabaj? duro y demostr? que estaban equivocados. M?s adelante, se convirti? en profesora de f?sica y comenz? su propio negocio para alentar a los j?venes a estudiar ciencia. Aprende m?s sobre la carrera de Ride como astronauta y educadora de la NASA.

Have you ever dreamed of going to outer space? When Sally Ride was a little girl, she watched on TV as astronaut John Glenn launched into space. Twenty years later, she became the first American woman to go to space.

Ride had loved science since she was young. Some of her teachers thought she was wasting her time studying science, but she went on to earn her PhD in astrophysics anyway. When NASA's astronaut training program opened to women, Ride quickly applied. Some people thought women couldn't handle space flight. But Ride worked hard and proved them all wrong. Later, she became a physics professor and started her own business to encourage young people to study science. Learn more about Ride's career as a NASA astronaut and educator.