Sally Ride and Tam O'Shaughnessy kept their relationship under wraps for almost 30 years. Astronaut Sally is remembered for leaving her significant mark by being the first American woman to travel ...

Tam O'Shaughnessy's story is one of love, perseverance, and influence. Her partnership with Sally Ride was a quiet but powerful testament to enduring love in the face of societal expectations.

Tam O’Shaughnessy and Sally Ride, while partners in adulthood, had been close friends since they played tennis together as young girls. Here they can be seen together in Australia.

Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983. Her romantic relationship with Tam O’Shaughnessy became public after Ride’s death in 2012.

Tam O’Shaughnessy is sharing the true story of her 27-year relationship with iconic astronaut Sally Ride.

When O’Shaughnessy talks about an intimate dinner, we see two women in a kitchen dining by candlelight. Near the end, there is even a Sally stand-in a hospital bed.

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Not long after astronaut Sally Ride died of pancreatic cancer in 2012, her life partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, got a call from Ray Mabus, then secretary of ...

Article by Tam O’Shaughnessy, Ride’s partner, in HuffPost THE ANSWER Yes, Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, also holds the distinction of NASA’s first known gay astronaut.

Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983. Her romantic relationship with Tam O’Shaughnessy became public after Ride’s death in 2012.

Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983. Her romantic relationship with Tam O’Shaughnessy became public after Ride’s death in 2012.

Article by Tam O’Shaughnessy, Ride’s partner, in HuffPost THE ANSWER Yes, Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, also holds the distinction of NASA’s first known gay astronaut.