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  • Sylvia Woods
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  • Sally Ride
  • William Raspberry
  • real estate
  • James Holmes
  • NAACP, HIV/AIDS
  • Barack Obama, Aurora, Colorado
  • George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin

Astronaut Sally Ride Has Died

Sally Ride, who made history in 1983 as the first American woman to travel into space, onboard the shuttle Challenger, died at the age of 61 on Monday. She succumbed to pancreatic cancer after a 17-month battle with the disease. 

(Photo: Space Frontiers/Getty Images)