President Barack Obama announced on Monday (May 20) that Ride will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedomat the White House later this year. NASA further paid tribute to the late astronaut by creating a new internship program in her name and ...
View Complete StoryWASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced he will award a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dr. Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut to travel to space. The Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, ...
View Complete StoryThe Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, is presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant ...
View Complete StorySAN DIEGO — Sally Ride, the former UC San Diego physicist who became the first American woman to soar into space in 1983, will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom this year, the Obama administration has announced. Ride, who ...
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