Ep. - 1334 - THE LEGACY OF SALLY RIDE
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.4 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Tam O’Shaughnessy, longtime partner of astronaut Sally Ride and executive producer of the groundbreaking Disney+ documentary Sally, alongside Lauren Cioffi, producer of the film. Together, they open up about the making of this intimate portrait of America’s first woman in space — exploring Sally’s incredible achievements, her passion for STEM education, and the deeply personal story of her 27-year relationship with Tam that remained private for decades.
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| 0:40.3 | The amazing Kate Casey. Welcome back for another episode of Reality Life with KKC. Today's episode is about the |
| 0:49.2 | extraordinary legacy of Sally Ride as told in the Disney Plus documentary, Sally. |
| 0:55.0 | You guys am telling you, this is an absolute must watch. |
| 0:58.8 | Sally Ride made history on June 18, 1983, when she became the first American woman to travel |
| 1:05.1 | into space riding aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. |
| 1:09.4 | At just 32 years old, she was also the youngest |
| 1:11.7 | American astronaut to fly in space at the time. A physicist by training with a PhD from Stanford, |
| 1:19.2 | Sally joined NASA in 1978 as part of the agency's first class of astronauts to include women. |
| 1:26.6 | Her role on STS7 included operating the shuttle's robotic arm, |
| 1:30.7 | conducting experiments, and deploying satellites, contributions that demonstrated her technical |
| 1:36.5 | skill and calm under pressure in a male-dominated field. While her historic flight captured |
| 1:42.4 | national attention, Sally was never comfortable being cast solely as a symbol. |
| 1:47.8 | She valued her work as a scientist and educator above celebrity. After leaving NASA in 1987, she went on to |
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