SALLY

This moving documentary explores the troubled life of America's first female astronaut

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Recommended audience: 14+ Director: Cristina Costantini Streaming: Disney+/Hulu Released: Out now

On 16 June 1963, Russian Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into outer space. Almost exactly 20 years later on 8 June 1983, Sally Ride made headlines as the first American woman to take a rocket to the heavens. However, Ride's journey was not an easy one, having to overcome sexism, misogyny and homophobia. A closeted queer woman, she kept her relationship with female tennis-pro and scientist Tam O'Shaughnessy secret for 27 years.

Now, Ride is the focus of a new documentary produced and directed by Cristina Constantini, who has previously directed episodes of the documentary series The Stanford Prison Experiment and