Hi starships & space explorers,
Welcome to a very special SPACE A+ Bee, in honor of Sally Ride day on May 26th. This bee includes an out of this world playlist, a coloring page featuring Sally herself, a constellation by number and so much more!
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For those of you going to camp, see you in print on the mountain! For those of you not, join me by printing this issue’s PDF at home and pretending you’re on the mountain!
xoxo,
Chelsey
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Chelsey is a previous Editorial Assistant for Autostraddle and currently resides in Los Angeles with her cat Olive and a large collection of cardigans. She enjoys drinking coffee/tea, writing, editing, and validating the humans in her life.
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This is my favorite A+ Bee ever!
oh my god i want to do that constellation by number so bad
Sally Ride for the win – I’m totally going to print this out and color it and then thumbtack it to my office wall.
Where did I read this? It was probably in Also.Also.Also! Because that’s where I get my personality. But it is ALWAYS worth mentioning that when Sally Ride was about to be the first woman in space, male NASA engineers packed her 100 tampons for a seven day trip. …Bless their hearts.
I read this somewhere too, and it is my very favorite Sally Ride fact.
Grungetta!
Love this a+ bee issue!
Other song ideas:
Champagne Supernova – Oasis
Supermassive Black Hole – Muse
Intergalactic Planetary – Beastie Boys
Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis (because it’s about a Sally!)
Yes! So happy to see Sally Ride on Autostraddle :)
I know I’m being picky here but Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, actually. The first two women in space were Russian.