
In this post, she tells us more about Sally’s life, her flight aboard the space shuttle Challenger, and her passion for helping kids stay excited about science and technology.Īs the first American woman in space, Sally Ride-who would have been 64 today-captured the nation’s imagination as a symbol of the ability of women to break barriers.

Over the past few months, Tam worked with our Doodle team to create a doodle for Sally’s 64th birthday. Today’s guest blog post is from Tam O’Shaughnessy-life partner of astronaut Sally Ride, and co-founder & CEO of Sally Ride Science.

Refresh to see all five of the different doodles! This time narrated by the artist of the doodle, Olivia When, and Tam O'Shaughnessy, author of our guest blog post.

In celebration of Sally Ride's 64th birthday, we were fortunate enough to have animator Nate Swinehart create another Behind The Doodle short to share a bit more about Sally's life and the making of the doodle.
