Sally Ride: A Trailblazer in Space

What sport did Sally Ride consider playing professionally before choosing a career in space exploration?

• Soccer

• Swimming

• Tennis

• Basketball

In what year did Sally Ride become the first American woman to travel to space?

• 1981

• 1980

• 1983

• 1982

Which space shuttle did Sally Ride fly on during her historic first mission?

• Challenger

• Columbia

• Atlantis

• Discovery

After leaving NASA, Sally Ride became a professor at which university?

• Stanford University

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• University of California, San Diego

• Harvard University

What prestigious award was Sally Ride posthumously awarded by President Barack Obama?

• Congressional Gold Medal

• Presidential Medal of Freedom

• National Medal of Science

• Nobel Prize