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The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.

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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
Astronaut
Astrophysicist
Physicist
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Dr Sally Kristen Ride
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Sally Kristen Ride
Rocket
Rockets
Safer
Accident
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Space
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