Dr. Sally Ride Kids T-Shirt

Dr. Sally Ride, pencil drawing by Murphy Art. Elliott
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 � July 23, 2012) 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. Ride was the third woman in space overall, after USSR cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982). Ride remains the youngest American astronaut to have traveled to space, having done so at the age of 32.[1][2] 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 in both.[3][4] Ride died of pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012.

Traditional pencil drawings, portraits and illustrations by Murphy Art. Elliott Master Painter Murphy Elliott's futuristic oil paintings can be found winning awards in international art contests, featured in space magazines and adding color to the National Space Society's website. But in Plant City, they know him as one of the best house painters in town. To understand Murphy's art, you have to understand Murphy's personal history � his genius, his childhood, his passion for the future of the human race � and how those elements add up to spectacular and prophesying oils on canvas painted at night, and homes and offices immaculately painted during the day. Murphy Elliott's parents placed him in foster care when...