May 26 1987
From The Space Library
NASA announced that astronaut Dr. Sally K. Ride would leave the agency in Fall 1987. Dr. Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, would assume the position of Science Fellow at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Arms Control in Palo Alto, California. (NASA Release 87-84; B Sun, May 27/87; NY Times, May 27/87; W Post, May 27/87; W Times, May 27/87)
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