Sally Ride is first woman to orbit Earth
- Title
- Sally Ride is first woman to orbit Earth
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Music
- TX Date
- 17 Jun 1983
- Year of production
- 1983
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- Duration
- 00:03:24
- Description
- Report on Sally Ride, the first American woman to orbit the Earth in a shuttle. Ride comments in a press conference. Also includes excerpts from a song recorded to honour her achievement (sound slightly distorted). Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Sally Ride
- Keywords
- Women; Record attempts; Space exploration; Space technology; Space; Space shuttles; Scientists; Space research; Sally Ride
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LBC/IRN, "Sally Ride is first woman to orbit Earth". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0019500233015 (Accessed 25 Apr 2025)