by Lynn Sherr
Graham, Katharine, 199
GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory), 275–76, 320–21, 320
Grant, Whitney, 22
Grasso, Ella, 105
Gravity, 233
Griffin, Gerry, 177, 179
Grissom, Gus, 63
Grumman Tiger, 104, 138, 326
Guido (dog), 295
Guthrie, Janet, 105–6
Gypsy (dog), 240, 288
Halvorson, Todd, 259, 283–84
Hamlet (Shakespeare), 45, 48, 50
Hanks, Tom, 324
Hargadon, Fred, 28–29, 35, 42
Harris, Hugh, 156
Harris, Ruth Bates, 74–75
Harrison, Christian “Taz,” 323–24
Hart, Jane, 67–69, 247
Hart, Myra, 264
Hartsfield, Henry, 111
Harvard University, 105, 270
Hauck, Dolly, 180
Hauck, Frederick “Rick,” 103, 130, 137, 149, 210, 218, 247, 333
on European leg of NASA tour, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184–85
in STS-7 mission launch and spaceflight, 155, 157, 161
in STS-7 mission training, 134–35, 136–37
Hawley, Bernard, 138, 142, 188, 203–4, 237
Hawley, Eileen, 324
Hawley, Steve, xv, xvi, 119–22, 129, 133, 140, 152, 162, 169, 170, 171, 173, 177–78, 180, 181, 182, 199, 203, 204, 207, 218, 237, 238, 281, 289, 291, 298, 324–25
space missions of, 142, 188, 197, 199, 203, 206, 229
SKR and Tam’s secret relationship and, 197–98, 199
SKR’s domestic life with, 140–42, 214
SKR’s marital troubles with, 199, 214
SKR’s split from, 213–14, 216, 223, 228, 291
SKR’s wedding to, 138–39
Hayden, Tom, 173
Hellman, Frances, 323, 331
Heyerdahl, Thor, 199
Hilmers, Dave, 191
Holdren, John, 249, 250, 287
Hollings, Ernest, 246, 247
Homestead Air Force Base, 104
homophobia, 121, 293, 314–15, 317
“internalized,” 51–52, 291, 305
at NASA, 117–18, 316–17
homosexuality, homosexuals, 51–52, 55, 57–58, 84, 194, 289–94, 317, 318, 333
of Bear Ride, 292
of Billie Jean King, 121, 289–90
evolving social attitudes on, xxi–xxii, 59, 290, 314, 315, 317–18, 333
social stigma of, 51–52, 53, 58, 59, 121, 289, 290–91, 293, 316, 317, 318
of SKR, see Ride, Sally Kristen, homosexuality of
see also gay rights movement
Hope, Bob, 177, 178, 179
Hotz, Bob, 213
House of Representatives, U.S., 68
Houston, Tex., 95, 100, 115, 203, 216
Hubbard, Leesa, 274
Hubble Space Telescope, 329
Hughes, Frank, 137
Humphrey, Hubert, 31
Hungary, 180–84
Hunstville, Ala., 151
Huntoon, Carolyn, 2, 73–74, 78–79, 87, 88, 90–91, 102, 107–8, 109, 134, 143, 152, 176, 183, 216–17, 218, 249
India, 162, 329
Indianapolis 500, 105–6
Institute for High Energy Physics (Protvino), 41
International Astronautical Federation, 180–81
International Space Station, xxii, 251, 286, 323, 324, 326, 327, 329
Internet, 257, 259
interstellar medium, 46
Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum (New York), 330
Is There Life on Other Planets? (Asimov), 236
Ivins, Marsha, 116
Jarvis, Greg, 202
Jefferson Award, 299
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), 220, 221, 252, 321, 323, 324
Joel, Billy, 242
John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, 324, 327–28, 333
Johnson, Lady Bird, 106
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 63, 65, 68, 69, 100, 248
Johnson, Samuel, 106
Johnson Space Center (JSC), xv, 82, 91, 123, 128, 137, 146, 169, 170, 175, 177, 203, 217, 251, 268, 281, 282, 327, 328
astronaut-candidate training at, 97–100, 101–4, 108, 114
LGBT employee group at, 333
SKR in astronaut selection process at, 85–90, 330
tree planting ceremony at, 326, 334
Journalist-In-Space competition, 200–201, 209, 210
Justice Department, U.S., 38
KC-135 cargo planes, 114, 143, 160, 328
Kennedy, John F., 17, 64–65, 187, 279, 287, 322
Kennedy, Robert F., 28
Kennedy Space Center (KSC), xvi, 65, 122, 165, 167, 170, 171, 188, 200, 201, 208, 209, 259, 300, 330
STS-7 crew’s prelaunch stay at, 152–55
STS-7 mission launch at, 155–59
Vehicle Assembly Building at, 153
Kent, Gordon, 54
King, Billie Jean, 21, 54, 55–56, 83, 150, 179, 194, 195, 196, 239, 242, 297
homosexuality of, 121, 289–90
King, Coretta Scott, 37
King, Dexter, 55
King, Larry, 54, 194, 195
King, Martin Luther, III, 55
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 28
Kloss, Ilana, 239
Koch, Ed, 171
Kraft, Chris, 73, 91, 94, 127, 128, 129
Kutyna, Don, 205–6, 213, 218
Ladwig, Alan, 217, 219, 220, 249, 257–58, 321
Laika (dog), 63
La Jolla, Calif., 210, 237, 242, 249, 260, 274, 293, 294, 295, 305, 309, 325
Lawrence, John, 174
Lazarus, Shelly, 271
Leadership and America’s Future in Space (Ride), see “Ride Report, The”
Lear, Frances, 270
Lebedeff, Ann, 21, 27, 194, 293
Lee, Robert E., 4, 292
Leestma, Dave, 189, 190, 191
Leibovitz, Annie, 300
Levin, Paula, 295, 318
LGBT community, 315, 318, 333
see also gay rights movement; homosexuality, homosexuals
Life, 63, 70, 71, 147
Lindbergh, Charles, 175
Lindbergh Eagle, 299
Logsdon, John, 287
Lom, Norway, 5, 15
Lopes, Alann, 262
Los Angeles Dodgers, 13, 15, 33, 135, 149
Los Angeles Lakers, 41
Los Angeles Times, 71, 105, 139, 228, 235
Lounge, Mike, 326
Lovelace, Randy, 67, 145
Loveland, Joe, 197
Loveland, Kay, 196, 197, 239, 289, 294
Lovell, Jim, 166, 287, 300, 331
Lowy, Andrew, 303, 306–7, 313
Loyalty Oath (1950), 10
Lucid, Shannon, 106, 110, 191, 326
MacArthur, Douglas, 199
McAuliffe, Christa, 201, 209
McBride, Jon, 103, 189
McCarthy Era, 10
McCleese, Dan, 252–53
McDonald, Allan J., 208
McEntee, Terry, 262, 267, 272, 296–97, 301, 305, 318
McFadden, Lucy, 270
McGovern, George, 37
McNair, Ron, 201–2, 203
MAD magazine, 37
Maggie (dog), 240
Mailer, Norman, 99–100
Makarova, Natalia, 180
Malcom, Shirley, 269
Manned Spacecraft Center, see Johnson Space Center
Manning, Meredith, 274–75
Marble, Alice, 20
Mars, 92, 225, 243, 336
proposed missions to, 75, 218, 219, 225, 227, 248, 287
Marshall Space Flight Center, 207
Martin, Lauren, 243–44
Martin, Lynn, 271, 309
Marx, Groucho, 18
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 267, 326
Massie (cat), 239
Mathers, Jerry, 9
Medal of Freedom, 325
Melroy, Pamela, 327–28
Mennie, Janet, see Schroeder, Janet Mennie
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sp; Mennonites, 4, 5, 319
Mercury 13 astronaut tests, 67, 145, 174
Mercury program, 64, 65, 67, 73, 98, 100, 212, 330
Metcalf-Lindenburger, Dottie, 327
Methodists, 3, 319
Mickelson, Amy, 303
Mickey Mouse, 167, 171
Middleton, Jim, 112–13
Mikulski, Barbara, 227, 246, 322, 333
military, U.S., 76, 117
women excluded from, 66, 67, 73
women in, 75, 78, 247
Miller, Julie, 276
Mink, Patsy, 145
Mission Planet Earth (Ride and O’Shaughnessy), 253, 254
Mission Save the Planet (Ride and O’Shaughnessy), 253
mission specialists, 77, 78, 83, 91, 94, 118, 130, 159, 189, 201, 202
flight training of, 102–4
SKR in selection process of, 83–91
SKR’s application for role of, 80–83
training and classes of, 101–2, 104
Mission to Planet Earth initiative, 218–29, 246, 248, 251
Moeller, Walter H., 68
Moffitt, Randy, 194, 196
Mommaerts, Elizabeth, 24–26, 90, 152, 222, 242
Mondale, Walter, 186, 192, 247
Moon, xvii, 56, 64, 68, 72, 75, 76, 108, 109, 117, 118, 124, 140, 275, 326, 330, 331
Armstrong’s landing on, xi, 36, 72, 129, 154, 166, 167, 211, 322
JFK’s goal for landing man on, 64–65, 219
proposed human outpost on, 218, 225, 335
robotic exploration missions to, 275–76, 320
Sally Ride Impact Site on, 320, 321–22
MoonKAM, xii-xiii, xiv, 251, 275–76, 309, 320, 321, 322, 323
Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam (1969), 37, 97, 326
Morton Thiokol, 207–8
Moscow, 41, 49
Muirhead, Brian, 220, 221, 246
Mullane, Richard “Mike,” 97, 105
Mystery of Mars (Ride and O’Shaughnessy), 253
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), 63
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), xiv, xvii, xviii, xix, xxiii, 31, 61, 66, 76, 102, 103, 113, 114, 119, 123, 125, 130, 142, 151, 160, 164, 168, 169, 176, 177, 199–200, 214, 231, 237, 238, 241, 246, 253, 255, 257, 263, 264, 268, 274, 278, 291, 293, 312, 324, 325, 326, 329, 336
acronyms and lingo of, 99, 101, 124, 136, 152, 157
Administrator of, 127, 173, 204, 216, 217–18, 219, 227, 248–49, 285
Apollo program of, xvii, 36, 64, 72, 75, 99, 143, 219, 225, 300, 329, 330, 331
Astronaut Office of, 85, 108, 123, 128, 203, 208
Astronaut Selection Board of, 78, 85, 88–89, 90–92
Challenger explosion and, see Challenger explosion
civilians-in-space competitions of, 200–201, 209, 210
Columbia disintegration and, 279–84
Constellation program of, 286, 287
culture of flawed decision making at, 206–7, 208, 209, 210, 248, 281, 282, 284
downplaying risks and “normalizing” space travel by, 77, 98, 117, 200, 201, 209, 210
EarthKAM project and, 251
facility accommodations for females made by, 132, 143–44, 164
female PPKs provided by, 144–46
funding and budget concerns of, 75, 98, 110, 116, 165, 171, 200, 219, 248
Gemini program of, 64, 71, 99, 330
Headquarters of, xvii, 128, 151, 173, 177, 217, 220–21, 222–23, 228, 248, 272
homosexuality as viewed at, 117–18, 197, 316–17, 333
initial reluctance to allow women into, 61, 66, 67–70, 71–73, 74–75, 79, 88, 94, 248
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of, 220, 221, 252, 321, 323, 324
limited number of higher positions for women at, 73–75
lunar base proposal at, 218, 225, 335
male-dominant culture at, xv, 36, 70, 73–74, 97, 98, 107–9, 247, 316
Mars mission proposals of, 75, 218, 219, 225, 227, 248, 287
Mercury 13 tests and, 67, 145, 174
Mercury program of, 64, 65, 73, 98, 100, 212, 330
Mission Control of, 91, 124, 161, 191, 198, 251, 284, 320, 323
Mission to Planet Earth proposal at, 218–19, 225–27, 246, 248, 251
MoonKAM project and, xiv, 275–76, 320–21
official postflight publicity tours of, 171–76, 179–86, 188, 190–91, 195, 199
1A Task Group of, 219–21, 224–25
press conferences held by, 63, 85–90, 94–95, 105, 131–33, 143, 147–50, 203
public images of astronauts controlled by, 63, 116–18, 317
robotic space exploration proposals at, 219, 220, 225, 275–76
rumored pressure on SKR to marry from, 139–40
shortage of women and minorities at, 73–75, 79, 248
space shuttle program of, see space shuttle program
SKR’s application and selection process of, xx–xxi, 1–2, 24, 80–91, 122
SKR’s interview with, 1–2, 24, 88–89, 90–91
SKR’s long-range planning report for, 215, 216–21, 224–28, 246, 335
SKR’s loyalty to, 191, 223, 229, 316, 317
SKR’s planned exit from, 214, 216
SKR’s resignation from, 228–29, 230
SKR’s selection into astronaut candidate program of, 91–93
team players valued by, 85, 90, 111, 127, 128, 223
Voyager 2 mission of, 202
Water Environment Training Facility of, 113–14
women and minorities recruited by, 60, 77, 78–80, 85, 88, 94, 105, 109, 126–27, 229, 326
National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC), 68
National Math and Science Initiative, 285
National Organization for Women, 51
National Science Foundation, 181, 248
National Science Teachers Association, 302
National Women’s Conference, 106
National Women’s Forum, 198
National Women’s Political Caucus, 192
Navy, U.S., 67, 73, 103, 118, 120, 123, 189, 201, 325
NBC, 71, 141, 177
Nemhauser, Grenn, 239
Newton, Isaac, 179
New York, N.Y., 51, 163, 171, 176, 179, 184, 259, 330
New York Times, 36, 78, 139, 284
New York Times Magazine, 66
Nichols, Nichelle, 79
Niehoff, John, 218
Niehoff, Terri, 224–25, 227–28
Nixon, Richard, 32, 41, 60, 75, 322
Norway, 5, 15, 324
nuclear weapons, 231, 232, 250
Obama, Barack, 285–86, 287, 322, 325, 336
Obama, Malia and Sasha, 325
Ochoa, Ellen, 326–27, 333
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 151, 188, 198
Office Depot, 299–300
Office of Science and Technology Policy, 248, 287
Okie, Susan, xviii, 28, 31, 37, 85, 90, 92, 139, 175, 256, 293
SKR profile written by, 135–36, 222
SKR’s book collaboration with, 221, 222
SKR’s falling out with, 222–23, 260, 294
at Westlake School for Girls, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Olav V, King of Norway, 180
Onizuka, Ellison, 105, 202, 203
Ortiz, Marilyn, 276
O’Shaughnessy, Judy, 194, 196, 240
O’Shaughnessy, Tam, xix, xxii, 18, 21, 46, 59, 152, 175, 193–98, 193, 216, 235–36, 237, 240–41, 256, 259, 260, 265, 270, 288, 293, 294–99, 301–2, 308, 309, 314, 315–16, 318, 319, 325, 333–34
pets of, 195, 236, 239–40, 241, 295
at Sally Ride Science, 262, 272, 273, 289, 294, 295–96, 298, 302, 305, 315
SKR’s children’s book collaborations with, 253–54, 275, 294, 313
SKR’s funeral and, 318–19
SKR’s illness and, 302, 303, 304–5, 307, 309, 310–12, 313–14
tennis-playing career of, 193–95, 196, 290–91
O’Shaughnessy, Tam, SKR’s relationship with,
xix, xx, 18, 193, 195–98, 199, 210, 236, 237–41, 260, 289, 290, 291–92, 293–99, 300, 304, 311, 313
certification of domestic partnership in, 305–6
houses shared in, 265, 294–95
initial friendship in, 21, 152, 193–95
long-distance phase of, 195, 197, 202, 224, 236, 237
public revelation of, 314–16, 333–34
secrecy and privacy of, 197, 214, 229, 238–39, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293–94, 295, 296–98, 305, 311–12, 315, 318
SKR’s emotional guardedness in, 196, 197, 237, 240, 241, 298, 299
traveling in, 239, 240, 289, 291
troubled times in, 298–99
Out and Allied, 333
Packwood, Robert, 171–72
Pauley, Jane, 141–42
Pennsylvania, 3, 6, 39
Perot, Ross, 247
Female Preference Kit (FPK), 144–46
physics, xviii, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44–45, 50, 83, 152, 232, 236, 253, 254, 262, 263, 319
of astronomy, see astrophysics
lack of women in study of, 43, 148, 264, 273
SKR as professor of, xiv, 235, 241–46, 255, 257, 260, 277, 327
SKR’s college studies in, 27, 31, 34–35, 38, 42, 43–45
SKR’s graduate studies in, 45–46, 48, 52–53, 54, 56, 59–60, 79, 81, 83, 95, 148
Stanford’s department of, 42–43, 44–45, 57, 95
Pickett, Wilson, 158–59
plasma physics, 242–43
Presbyterian Church, 5, 8, 138, 165, 171, 292
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), 249–50
Quigley, Jim, 270–71
Rand, Sally, 13
Reagan, Nancy, 173
Reagan, Ronald, 122, 151, 164, 172, 173, 180, 203, 210, 218, 322
“Star Wars” initiative of, 232–33
Reed, Lisa, 281–83
Remote Manipulator System (RMS, aka robot arm), 112–13, 121, 123, 130, 132–33, 135, 161, 171, 179, 188, 190, 203
Rempel, Anna Harder, 4–5
Rempel, Wilhelm, II, 4–5
Republican Party, 32
Resnik, Judy, 94, 106, 110, 127, 143, 188
in Challenger explosion, 202, 203, 328
Review of United States Human Spaceflight Plans Committee (Augustine Committee), 285–87
Reynolds, Nancy, 172
Rice, Condoleezza, 231–32
Rice, Joanna, 245
Ride, Alice Irene Vernam, 3
Ride, Carol “Joyce” Anderson, xix, xx, xxiii, 5–6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 28, 33, 42, 52, 57, 92, 141, 149, 168, 240, 256, 321
on daughters’ homosexuality, 291–92, 315, 334
emotionally guarded parenting style of, 8, 9, 10, 11, 312, 334
on family’s yearlong European tour, 14, 15–16, 17
liberal politics and causes of, 4, 10, 17, 334
SKR’s first space flight and, 158, 165
SKR’s relationship with, 10–11, 312, 334
SKR’s tennis-playing career and, 15–16, 20, 38
