Physicist of the Month: Prof. Sally Ride Posted on 4 February 20214 February 2021 by pandamagazine Sally became famous as the First American woman (and third ever woman) in space in 1983. At 32, she was the youngest American astronaut to travel to space, a record that still stands today. Posted in Articles, Historical Physicists Tagged Astronaut, Interstellar medium, MSc, NASA, PhD, Physics, Professor, Sally Ride, Sally Ride Science, Stanford University, University of California, X-rays Leave a CommentLeave a Comment on Physicist of the Month: Prof. Sally Ride