because Ride (who died of cancer in 2012) is clearly deserving of a documentary as serious and thoughtful as she was. When the focus remains on her, though, "Sally" is consistently compelling.

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Throughout “Sally,” Costantini (“Science Fair ... Ride focused on the placement of her pencil. Ride died in 2012 of pancreatic cancer. Yet, as much as she had been covered by the media ...

On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride made history as the first American woman to journey into space, soaring aboard the shuttle ...

at the inspiration of Sally Ride, talking about American heroines. This was not difficult to do since Moira Shearer had just died. We were talking about her and as old fogeys will – and young ...

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 a ...