What key details about sally ride can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: sally kristen ride -lrb- may 26 , 1951 -- july 23 , 2012 -rrb- 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 . she remains the youngest american astronaut to have traveled to space , having done so at the age of 32 . 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 .
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- death place is la jolla , california , u.s.- relatives is karen '' bear '' ride -lrb- sister -rrb-- caption is ride in 1984- birth name is sally kristen ride- death cause is pancreatic cancer- death date is 23 july 2012- spouse is steven -rrb- hawley -lrb- m. 1982 -- 1987 ; divorced- education is bs stanford & nbsp ; university ms physics & nbsp ; physics -- stanford & nbsp ; university ph.d. physics & nbsp / ; -- stanford & nbsp ; university ba english & nbsp ; --- birth date is 26 may 1951- partner is tam death -rrb- o'shaughnessy -lrb- 1985 -- 2012 ; ride 's- name is sally kristen ride- nationality is american- image is ride-s . jpg border- birth place is los angeles , california , u.s.- occupation is physicist