Sally Ride

Sally Ride‘s source of wealth comes from being a astronaut. How much money is Sally Ride worth at the age of 72 and what’s her real net worth now?

As of 2024, Sally Ride’s net worth is under review.

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Sally Ride (born May 26, 1951) is famous for being astronaut. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. American astronaut and physicist who joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman to enter low earth orbit. She flew two missions aboard the Challenger shuttle: STS-7 and STS-41-G.

Sally Ride is a Gemini and was born in The Year of the Rabbit

Life

Sally Ride was born in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, May 26, 1951 (Baby Boomers Generation generation). She is 72 years old and is a Gemini. Sally Kristen Ride was an American physicist and astronaut. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. She remains the youngest American astronaut to have traveled to space, having done so at the age of 32. After flying twice on the Orbiter Challenger, she left NASA in 1987. She worked for two years at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Arms Control, then at the University of California, San Diego as a professor of physics, primarily researching nonlinear optics and Thomson scattering. She served on the committees that investigated the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, the only person to participate on both. Ride died of pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012. At the time of her first spaceflight in 1983, she was the youngest American to enter space.

Growing up, she was a nationally ranked tennis player, and took physics classes at UCLA, Stanford, Swarthmore College, and Harvard-Westlake School for Girls. Education details are not available at this time. Please check back soon for updates. Sally Ride is a member of Richest Celebrities and Astronauts.