Essays Tagged: "Sally Ride"

To Be Civil: A Means to a Better World. What does it mean to be civilized? An essay about the elements that help one become a civilized individual. Uses literary refrences to enhance the text.

one's mind must be open to exploration and the unknown. In an account of her experiences in space, Sally Ride summarizes the thrill of exploration in "Single Room, Earth View." Exploration is express ...

(4 pages) 26 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Science: Space: Sally Kristen Ride

SALLY KRISTEN RIDESally Ride was a United States astronaut who became the first American woman to tr ... effect on the earth's weather. These are just some of the operations, and flights that Ride went on.Sally ride was born on May 26, in 1951 in Los Angeles, California. She was a hard worker in school, ... e age of twenty-seven years old, she started working on her Ph.D. in astrophysics. It was then that Sally noticed a call for astronauts in the Stanford University paper. It was from NASA, and over eig ...

(1 pages) 24 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

Sally Kristen Ride First American Woman in Space

Sally Kristen RideFirst American Woman in SpaceBorn: May 26, 1951Our future lies with today's kids a ... n in SpaceBorn: May 26, 1951Our future lies with today's kids andtomorrow's space exploration.--Dr. Sally Ride--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sally Kris ... --------------Sally Kristen Ride was born on May 26, 1951 in Encino, California (near Los Angeles). Sally started playing tennis at age 10, and became an excellent tennis player. She won a tennis scho ...

(2 pages) 20 0 4.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Sally Ride: Space Explorer

Sally Ride was the first women in space. She is an accomplished student and author. Also has been on ... . Ride has accomplished many things from her beginning in Encino, California to Stanford University.Sally Ride has done amazing and extraordinary feats in her field of astronomy. Ride was the first wo ... explore science. Mrs. Ride still today keeps working to teach the young about space and its wonders.Sally Ride has done amazing things in her life-time. She has become the first female astronaut in sp ...

(2 pages) 14 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

Does birth-order have an effec

include Mikhail Gorbachev (Russian leader), Jimmy Carter (president), Albert Einstein (scientist), Sally Ride (astronaut), and Steven Spielberg (producer). Some famous only children include Brooke Sh ...

(2 pages) 15 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Sally Ride

Sally Ride First Women In Space Sally Ride, former NASA Astronau ... University of California. She also is the former director of the California space science institute.Sally Ride at the age of 27 read about NASA's call for astronauts in the Stanford University paper. ... n and women applied to the space program that year. 35 were accepted, 6 of them were women. One was Sally Ride. After joining NASA in 1977 Dr.Ride under went extensive training that included parachute ...

(1 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy