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SRS @ UCSD

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SRS @ UCSD

@SallyRideSci

#STEM education and inspiration for the next generation.

San Diego, CA

Joined April 2009

SRS @ UCSD
@SallyRideSci
Nov 5, 2020
During #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we salute #NASA astronaut John Herrington, the first Native American person in space. Herrington, an enrolled member of Chickasaw Nation, blasted off aboard shuttle Endeavor on Nov. 23, 2002.⁠ go.nasa.gov/34uiJMt NASA photo⁠
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Mar 7, 2019
#NASA has scheduled its first all-female spacewalk for March 29. Astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will conduct the spacewalk from the International Space Station. cnn.it/2VHq9on #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM
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May 7, 2019
Teacher Christa McAuliffe, who died in shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, had planned to conduct several science lessons in space. Now @ChallengerCtr and @NASA have completed 4 of her lessons and made them available to educators: bit.ly/2LlN9Jw #STEM #WomenInSTEM
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Oct 10, 2018
Happy #AdaLovelaceDay! Lovelace, daughter of the poet Lord Byron, is sometimes called the first computer programmer. Ada Lovelace Day, on the second Tuesday in October, celebrates #WomenInSTEM. findingada.com #STEM #coding
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Nov 30, 2018
#TBT Sally Ride’s #NASA ID card. NASA got 8,079 astronaut applications in 1977. Ride and 5 other women were among 35 candidates chosen. The card and other keepsakes are shared in "Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman in Space": go.ucsd.edu/2zwe0tP
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Jun 9, 2015
Congratulations to Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti! She has set a new record for longest stay in space by a woman. ow.ly/O5DRe
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Jul 31, 2023
Four congresswomen have introduced a bill to recognize the Mercury 13, a group of women who passed the same screening tests as the 1st male NASA astronauts but were denied a chance to fly in space. Some of the 13 are shown at Kennedy Space Center in 1995. bit.ly/3QkrzVN
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Nov 22, 2018
Happy #Thanksgiving2018 from Sally Ride Science, cofounded by America’s first woman in space to provide #STEM inspiration for the next generation! go.ucsd.edu/2Q7eNuJ
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Dec 29, 2016
Meet Maia Weinstock, creator of the proposed Women of NASA Lego set. ow.ly/GFw1307s7qU @LegoNASAWomen
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Sep 17, 2018
Cast members of TV’s #StarTrek were on hand #OTD in 1976 for rollout of Enterprise, #NASA’s first space shuttle, in Palmdale. Enterprise, named for the starship on the show, could be launched from a jetliner for test flights but couldn't fly in space. bit.ly/2MLoKZq
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Nov 15, 2018
#TBT Future astronaut Sally Ride supervised as her little sister, Bear, collected pinecones. This family photo is among dozens shared in “Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America’s Pioneering Woman in Space" by Tam O'Shaughnessy. go.ucsd.edu/2z9I3r7
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Jun 8, 2018
#ICYMI: Watch a short video tribute created by the @USPS for the ceremony dedicating the #SallyRideForever stamp: ow.ly/i2jm30kpiY9 #AstronautStamps
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Feb 5, 2021
"Space MOMs" is a new film by Radha Bharadwaj about female engineers who helped make India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) a success. The film, on streaming services, recounts how the women overcame obstacles to pull off the historic mission. bit.ly/3qXNx0B @spacemomsmovie
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Jul 4, 2019
As the first woman to work in #NASA’s Mission Control, Frances "Poppy" Northcutt endured harassment and pay discrimination. Her experiences prompted a lifetime of activism. bit.ly/2RPfxTO @HoustonChron #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM