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[i]Sally Ride won the hearts and minds of the American public 25 years ago today, when she became the first American woman to fly into space. More recently her mission has been to keep middle school girls interested in science. Ride is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her flight by hosting a conference for teachers on the basic science behind climate change and ways to bring that science into the classroom. The topic is so new, that much of the basic science behind climate change has not yet found its way into textbooks and classrooms. "The kids who are growing up today are very aware of the challenge, but they don't have a lot of information about the science. So we're trying to bring this information to the... teachers so that they can bring it into the classroom" said Ride.[/i]
[i]Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, looked out the windows of the space shuttle 1983 and was simultaneously struck by the awesome view and the damage people were doing to their planet. Circling 184 miles above Earth, Ride, who lifted off on her historic flight 25 years ago Wednesday, gazed upon a breathtakingly beautiful blue ball suspended against the jet black of space.[/i]
[i]On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space, lifting off from Kennedy Space Center aboard the space shuttle. Selected as an astronaut in 1978, Ride would fly again on NASA's 13th shuttle flight in October 1984. Today, Ride is president and chief executive officer of Sally Ride Science, a company that promotes science education. In the days leading up to the 25th anniversary of the historic first flight, Florida Today interviewed Ride, now 57.[/i]
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