Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, has passed away at the age of 61 after a courageous 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her foundation said in a press release. At the age of 32, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The couple were together for 27 years, starting in the mid-1980s and registered as domestic partners just before Sally’s death in ...

Sally Ride was the first American woman to go to space back in 1983. And for a while, it seemed like she was the most famous person on Earth and in space. She dominated headlines. She was all over TV.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, "Sally," about the life of astronaut Sally Ride. Sally Ride was the first American woman to go to space back in ...