May 26, 2015
The late Sally Ride, NASA’s first female astronaut to go into space, would have turned 64 today. Feminists cheered her on as she lifted off, aboard the shuttle Challenger, on June 18, 1983.
Google honors her, on her birthday, with a series of animated “Doodles” created in her honor.
Go to this Google page to watch an animated story about Ride’s life and the making of the Doodles, see all five animated Doodles, and read a short post by Ride’s life partner, Tam O’Shaunessy.
posted by Marg Herder