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 ...

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 ...

California native Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983. The achievement made her a national — but reluctant — hero. Ride was private, and when she died of pancreatic ...

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.

by SpaceRef November 22, 2016 President Obama has appointed Dr. Tam O’Shaughnessy, cofounder and executive director of Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego, to the Advisory Board of the ...

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.

President Obama has appointed Dr. Tam O’Shaughnessy, co-founder and executive director of Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego, to the advisory board of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space ...

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.

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.