Google Doodle Celebrates Sally Ride's 64th Birthday

Today, American astronaut Sally Ride would have have been 64 years old. She died in 2012, but her work lives on as an inspiration to young women who want to touch the stars. Ride was indefatigable in promoting education, in promoting the need to explore space, and working to get girls more involved with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. As the first American woman in space her place in history was secure, but she knew what this implied for her as a role model, and maximized that...