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Honoring Sally Ride
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OUT OF THIS WORLD: In total, Sally Ride spent more than 343 hours in space.
In 2022, the U.S. Mint will begin releasing a new line of quarters depicting trailblazing women, starting with astronaut Sally Ride. She was the first American woman to blast off into space.
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FACE FROM SPACE: Quarters featuring Sally Ride will debut in January 2022.
Ride, who died in 2012, was a space shuttle mission specialist from 1983 to 1987. She was also one of the first LGBTQ+ astronauts. “Sally Ride changed what it meant to be an astronaut,” says Laura Danly, curator of the Griffith Observatory in California.
Ride’s commemorative quarter will feature her looking out of a space shuttle window at Earth, honoring a legacy that continues to inspire science-enthusiasts from all walks of life.
Every few years, NASA selects an elite group of candidates to train to become astronauts. This graph shows the percentage of men and women in each graduating class. How has the proportion of men and women changed over time?
SOURCE: STATISTA