First American Women in Space, Sally Ride, featured in Google Doodle
Google Doodle celebrates the 64th birthday of Sally Ride, the youngest and the first American Women to go into Space on the 18th day of June, 1983.
Sally Ride was born on 26th May 1951, and completed her PhD in Physics from Stanford University. She was also a national level tennis player.
Google Doodle has created five different animation doodle's explaining the life of Sally Ride, who continues to inspire future astronauts and young students across the globe.
Users will have to refresh the page to view all the five animations. The video can be viewed by clicking on the doodle.
The doodle was created by artist Olivia Huynh and animator Nate Swinehart. The narration in the doodle video is done by Huynh.
Tam O'Shaughnessy, Sally Ride's life partner and co-founder & CEO of Sally Ride Science, worked with Google to help create doodles and provide inputs about the life of Sally Ride.
Tam O'Shaughnessy writes, "As the first American women 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. But her historic fight represented just one aspect of a remarkable and multifaceted life. She was also a physicist, a science writer and an inspirational advocate for keeping kids excited about science as they go through school".
Sally Ride died on 23rd July 2012, as she was suffering from pancreatic cancer.
