Autographs of Sally Ride

Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32.
Ride was a graduate of Stanford University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 1973, a Master of Science degree in 1975, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1978 (both in physics) for research on the interaction of X-rays with the interstellar medium. She was selected as a mission specialist astronaut with NASA Astronaut Group 8, the first class of NASA astronauts to include women. After completing her training in 1979, she served as the ground-based capsule communicator (CapCom) for the second and third Space Shuttle flights, and helped develop the Space Shuttle's robotic arm. In June 1983, she flew in space on the Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-7 mission. The mission deployed two communications satellites and the first Shuttle pallet satellite (SPAS-1). Ride operated the robotic arm to deploy and retrieve SPAS-1. Her second space flight was the STS-41-G mission in 1984, also on board Challenger. She spent a total of more than 343 hours in space. She left NASA in 1987.
Ride worked for two years at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control, then at the University of California, San Diego, primarily researching nonlinear optics and Thomson scattering. She served on the committees that investigated the loss of Challenger and of Columbia, the only person to participate in both. Having been married to astronaut Steven Hawley during her spaceflight years and in a private, long-term relationship with former Women's Tennis Association player Tam O'Shaughnessy, she is the first astronaut known to have been LGBTQ, a fact that she hid until her death, when her obituary identified O'Shaughnessy as her partner of 27 years. She died of pancreatic cancer in 2012.
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Traded items with a signature of Sally Ride

The most expensive item with a signature of Sally Ride (Sally Ride Authentic Autograph & Worn Flight Suit Card - 2010 Panini Century /50) was sold in February 2026 for £503.33 while the cheapest item (Sally Ride - First US Woman Astronaut - Original Signed 10" by 8" Photo) found a new owner for £6.50 in May 2018. The month with the most items sold (3) was July 2026 with an average selling price of £210.98 for an autographed item of Sally Ride. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2026 with £210.98 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £14.99 was June 2015. In average, an autographed item from Sally Ride is worth £74.98.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Sally Ride were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	NASA Space STS-41 G crew FDCs hand signed by all 7 astronauts inc Sally Ride	£73.98
	NASA Space STS-41 G crew FDCs hand signed by all 7 astronauts inc Sally Ride	£73.98
	Sally Ride - First US Woman Astronaut In Space Hand Signed Card AFTAL COA	£128.99
	Sally Ride - First US Woman Astronaut In Space Hand Signed Card AFTAL COA	£128.99
	SALLY RIDE SIGNED 8x10 NASA LITHOGRAPH UACC ASTRONAUT AUTOGRAPH STS 7 STS 41 G	£75.98
	SALLY RIDE SIGNED 8x10 NASA LITHOGRAPH UACC ASTRONAUT AUTOGRAPH STS 7 STS 41 G	£75.98
	Sally Ride signed photo - 1st American Woman in Space - NASA Astronaut- 10x8	£45.00
	Sally Ride signed photo - 1st American Woman in Space - NASA Astronaut- 10x8	£45.00
	SALLY RIDE SIGNED POSTAL COVER SPACE SHUTTLE STS 7 UACC & AFTAL RD AUTOGRAPH	£104.98
	SALLY RIDE SIGNED POSTAL COVER SPACE SHUTTLE STS 7 UACC & AFTAL RD AUTOGRAPH	£104.98
	SPACE SHUTTLE STS 7 CREW SIGNED POSTAL COVER SALLY RIDE UACC & AFTAL RD	£210.98
	SPACE SHUTTLE STS 7 CREW SIGNED POSTAL COVER SALLY RIDE UACC & AFTAL RD	£210.98
	SPACE SHUTTLE STS 7 CREW SIGNED POSTAL COVER SALLY RIDE UACC & AFTAL RD	£210.98
	SPACE SHUTTLE STS 7 CREW SIGNED POSTAL COVER SALLY RIDE UACC & AFTAL RD	£210.98
	SPACE SHUTTLE STS-41G - FULLY CREW SIGNED POSTAL COVER - UACC RD - SALLY RIDE	£149.99