Editing Sally Ride (section)

== In popular culture ==
* Ride appeared as herself in the 1999 ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' episode "Godspeed".<ref name="Sherr2014" />{{rp|p=299}}
* Astronauts [[Chris Hadfield]] and [[Catherine Coleman]] performed a song called "Ride On".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jaworski |first1=Michelle |title=8 reasons Chris Hadfield is the coolest astronaut on the Web |url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/chris-hadfield-astronaut-iss-reddit-ama/ |website=[[The Daily Dot]] |access-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506082254/https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/chris-hadfield-astronaut-iss-reddit-ama/ |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |location=Austin, Texas |date=March 2, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA9dROqvC0k |title='Ride On' by Astronauts Chris Hadfield and Catherine Coleman |date=January 5, 2013 |publisher=Rare Earth |via=YouTube}}</ref> The song was later released as part of Hadfield's album ''Space Sessions: Songs from a Tin Can'' under the name "Ride That Lightning."<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web |last1=Hudson |first1=Alex |title=Chris Hadfield – "Ride That Lightning" (lyric video) |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/chris_hadfield-ride_that_lightning_lyric_video |website=[[Exclaim!]] |access-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506082555/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/chris_hadfield-ride_that_lightning_lyric_video |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |location=Toronto |date=September 11, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* A 2017 "Women of NASA" [[Lego]] set featured mini-figurines of Ride, [[Margaret Hamilton (software engineer)|Margaret Hamilton]], [[Mae Jemison]], and [[Nancy Roman]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mosher |first1=Dave |title=Lego's 'Women of NASA' toy set is finally on sale – and it's already Amazon's best-selling toy |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/lego-female-scientists-engineers-nasa-kit-2017-11 |website=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506083555/https://www.businessinsider.com/lego-female-scientists-engineers-nasa-kit-2017-11 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |date=November 3, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2019, [[Mattel]] released a [[Barbie]] doll in Ride's likeness as part of their "Inspiring Women" series.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://wjla.com/news/entertainment/barbie-launches-new-inspiring-women-dolls-honoring-rosa-parks-sally-ride|title=Barbie launches new 'Inspiring Women' dolls honoring Rosa Parks, Sally Ride|last=Caviness|first=Sarah|date=August 27, 2019|publisher=[[WJLA 24/7 News]]|access-date=August 27, 2019}}</ref>
* On October 21, 2019, the play ''Dr. Ride's American Beach House'' by playwright Liza Birkenmeier premiered [[off-Broadway]] at [[Barrow Street Theatre|Ars Nova's Greenwich House Theater]] in New York City. The play is set the evening before Ride's 1983 space flight, and is about women's desires and American norms of sex and power, lensed with Ride's experience as an astronaut in relation to her sex and identity. The title of the play alludes to NASA's [[astronaut beach house]] where astronauts were quarantined before missions.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Liza Birkenmeier's Doctor Ride's American Beach House Begins Off-Broadway |first=Olivia |last=Clement |magazine=[[Playbill]] |issn=0551-0678
|date=October 21, 2019 |url=https://playbill.com/article/liza-birkenmeiers-doctor-rides-american-beach-house-begins-off-broadway |access-date=May 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Final Frontier of Liza Birkenmeier |first=Trish |last=Harnetiaux |magazine=[[The Brooklyn Rail]] |issn=2157-2151 |date=November 2019 |url=https://brooklynrail.org/2019/11/theater/The-Final-Frontier-of-Liza-Birkenmeier |access-date=May 11, 2023}}</ref>
* In the film ''[[Valley Girl (2020 film)|Valley Girl]]'' (2020), Ride is referred to not only as the first woman astronaut, but also as a [[valley girl]], since she was from Encino.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rooney |first1=Dave |title='Valley Girl': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/valley-girl-1293430/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |issn=0018-3660 |access-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506084138/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/valley-girl-1293430/ |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |date=May 8, 2020 |quote=...that incorporates a nod to Encino's own Sally Ride... |url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2021, Ride was featured in the second season of the Apple TV+ streaming series ''[[For All Mankind (TV series)|For All Mankind]]'', where she was played by Ellen Wroe.<ref name="forallmankind">{{cite web |last1=Howell |first1=Elizabeth |title='For All Mankind' sneak peek: Potential space shuttle battle looms in season 2 finale |url=https://www.space.com/for-all-mankind-season-2-finale-episode-preview |website=[[Space.com]] |location=New York City |access-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506084520/https://www.space.com/for-all-mankind-season-2-finale-episode-preview |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |date=April 23, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* On January 28, 2025, [[National Geographic]] premiered a documentary called ''[[Sally (2025 film)|Sally]]'', telling the story of Ride's professional and personal life, primarily through her hidden relationship with Tam O'Shaughnessy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Lisa |date=2025-02-03 |title='Sally' Review: Astronaut Sally Ride's Life Partner Shares the Personal Saga of the Public Icon |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/sally-review-sally-ride-1236294916/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>