Ride Lonesome

water ride in Universal studios, Singapore. I still remember till this day, how many times I rode that ride. For last 7 years we have been going to a lot of amusement parks like 6 Flags, Disneyland, MGM Studio, Lego Land, Epcot Center,Etc. When me, my mom, my dad, and my sister jumped in the car, I was as ready as can be. I was very excited when I read the map of Universal Studio. All of a sudden I became greedy and wanted to go to the Harry Potter ride, Transformer ride, Indiana jones ride, Star

Sally Ride was an American astronaut, physicist, and educator. She was also the first woman went to the space by the shuttle Challenger. She passed away in 2012, her life did great influence to the American aviation industry. Sally Ride was born in 1951 and grew up in Los Angeles. She went to Stanford University at the age of 19. She was a double major in both Physics and English and received bachelor’s degrees in both subjects. She also study physics and received master’s degree and Ph.D.. In

After laying down a few more miles worth of rubber on the highway, Charlie eventually pulled the car over to the side of the road. With the sudden move to the shoulder, gravel and dirt could be heard tinging off the vehicle’s undercarriage while a cloud of dust billowed out from behind us in our wake. “Are we here?” our buddy Eric who was riding shotgun asked as a perplexed look took over his face. “Yep,” is all Charlie replied as he threw his Ford into park. “Where exactly are we

Described as the women who counted very thing and by everything I mean everything. Katherine Johnson is notably famous for her contributions to NASA. Without her calculations most of the accomplishments that NASA has made wouldn’t be possible without her, Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson was born August 26, 1918. Since a little girl Katherine showed interested in numbers, she herself even said, “I counted everything, I counted the steps on the road, the steps up to church, the numbers of dished

Kristen Ride was an astronaut for NASA. She was born on May 26th, 1951 in Encino, California and died on July 23rd, 2012. She was known for being both the first woman to travel into space and the first woman to return. In earlier years, Sally had a brief professional tennis career. Later, when she started her career at NASA, she started out as a capsule communicator for the second and third shuttle flights in 1981 and 1982. In 2003, she earned her place in the Astronaut Hall of Fame. Sally Ride has

Who is Sally Ride? Sally Ride, the first American woman who flew two challenger missions as a mission specialist. She later became a teacher at the University of California San Diego. She showed skill by doing these three things. Participating willingly, saving and organizing ideas, and goal setting To start it off, the scholar, Sally Ride, always participated willingly and preserved through all of the challenges in space and on Earth. First, Sally Ride joined NASA in 1978 and flew two challenger

“The stars don’t look bigger, but they do look brighter” (Bio.). Sally Kristen Ride was the first female astronaut in space. She became an astronaut in 1983. It all started from a newspaper article she saw in 1977. January 1977, Sally saw a newspaper ad of the US space program looking for four new astronauts. They were encouraging women to apply so she got excited and sent an application. In January 1978, she received a phone call from NASA, and they said she had gotten the job. She was so happy

The footprints on the lunar surface, left there by Neil Armstrong were both historic and monumental, but his boot would have never touched the ground, if it had not been for Margaret Hamilton. Margaret Hamilton is one of the few brilliant scientists who were also feminist leaders in the 1960s. Despite her achievements, Hamilton still remains neglected in American and scientific history .Though Hamilton, had a substantial role in NASA, had world changing accomplishments, and faced difficult

Jim Banes stood at his window staring out at the city below. From 10 stories up, it didn’t really look that bad. He couldn’t see the trash gathered in the gutters, the homeless wandering the allies trying to find a few morsels to fend off death from starvation. The sounds of sirens barely made it through the thick glass protecting him from the harsh realities down there. Heaving a sigh, he returned to his table, setting his coffee cup on the place mat next to the empty bowl he used for the sugary

On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, I attended a presentation by NASA astronaut, Nicole Aunapu Mann, titled “The Sky is Not the Limit” at Grand Rapids Public Museum in the Meijer Theater at 7:30 pm. As Nicole was introduced to the audience by a colleague, he mentioned that Mann aspires to be the first woman on the moon. According to the NASA Diversity and Inclusion Assessment Survey, NASA’s employees are about 60% male and 40% female (WESTAT 17). Throughout this presentation I thought about how my identity