STP146 - Celebrating Sally Ride - 40 Years After STS7 - with Francis French

<p>This week we’re joined by Francis French to talk about Sally Ride as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first American woman to go to space on the STS7 mission. Francis used to work with Sally at Sally Ride Science so as well as being an incredible historian, his first hand stories about Sally are incredible.</p><br><p><strong>Francis French:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.francisfrench.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.francisfrench.com/</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/F_French" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/F_French</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/francisjfrench/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/francisjfrench/</a></p><br><p>Full show notes: <a href="https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/</a></p><p>Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.</p><br><p>Image Credits:&nbsp;NASA</p><br><p>Space and Things:</p><p>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1</a></p><p>Instagram:<a href="https://open.acast.com/shows/5f4389f9e0d0e44f3c79a062/episodes/%C2%A0https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast</a></p><p>Facebook:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/</a></p><br><p>Merch and Info:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com</a></p><p>Patreon:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings</a></p><br><p>Business Enquiries:&nbsp;<a