Check the listing for details. SALLY RIDE Autographed Signed Book TO SPACE & BACK Astronaut NASA Shuttle. Condition: New. Listed at 649.00 USD. Sally Ride Signed BookTo Space & Back Signed "Sally K Ride 3/9/02" on title page in black ink. This book was personally signed by Dr. Ride on March 09, 2002 at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, California USA. #002814 Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American physicist and astronaut. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. Ride was the third woman in space overall, after USSR cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982). Ride remains the youngest American astronaut to have traveled to space, having done so at the age of 32.[1][2] After flying twice on the Orbiter Challenger, she left NASA in 1987. She worked for two years at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control, then at the University of California, San Diego as a professor of physics, primarily researching nonlinear optics and Thomson scattering. She served on the committees that investigated the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, the only person to participate on both.[3][4] Ride died of pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012. If you elect to send this autographed item to one of eBay's approved authenticators and are not satisfied with the results, the item can be returned within 30 days of purchase for a full refund to include return postage in the amount of the initial postage. This is one of the Best guarantees anywhere!