News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

News for Sally Ride / Space / Nasa / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

News for Sally Ride  / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos /  First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space 

News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

1 News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

2 News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

3 News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

4 News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

6 News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

7 News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

8 News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

9 News for Sally Ride / Space / Sally Ride Photos / Images / First American Woman in Space / Dies at 61

Sally Ride, the first American woman to journey into space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her foundation announced. She was 61.