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Lunar Impact Site Named After Sally Ride. Dec. 18, 2012: NASA has named the site where twin gravity probes hit the Moon yesterday in honor of the late astronaut, Sally K. Ride, who was America's first woman in space and a member of the probes' mission team.
Like most people, Sherr only learned about Rideâs 27 year relationship with her partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, after the former astronaut died of pancreatic cancer in 2012, aged just 61 years old. 'Sally was very good at keeping secrets,' writes Sherr on her book.