Director Cristina Costantini's documentary about the first U.S. woman in space bows at the annual Utah film festival. Sally Ride wanted to be remembered as being fearless. In reality, though ...

During one of the countless, often boneheaded interviews Sally Ride endured about her pioneering role in the United States space program, she schools a reporter on how to address her. “It’s Dr. Ride ...

NASA Engineers thought Sally Ride would need 100 tampons for one week in space. Ride, who became the first American woman in space in 1983, recalls NASA engineers designing a toiletry kit for her in ...

When Sally Ride arrived at NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1978, there were approximately 4,000 technical employees working there. Want to guess how many were men? If you said 3,996 ...

Filmmaker Cristina Costantini is leaving the Sundance Film Festival with an award and with distribution already secured for her documentary Sally, about the late astronaut Sally Ride, the first ...

Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, was a childhood hero to many, including Cristina Costantini. The director of “Sally,” a new documentary that chronicles both the public an ...

You have probably heard Marcia Belsky's song "100 Tampons" that humorously highlights a true story about Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, who was offered an excessive supply of ...

When Sally Ride died in 2012, she was praised as the first American woman in space, but there was much more to the story. Her obituaries let the world know a secret she had long held, that she and ...

The new Central Square Theater production brings the history of women aviators in America to life.

During one of the countless, often boneheaded interviews Sally Ride endured about her pioneering role in the United States space program, she schools a reporter on how to address her.

Sally Ride wanted to be remembered as being fearless. In reality, though, the first American woman to fly into space was scared — and it had nothing to do with her leaving the planet.