Sally Ride, who earned a Ph.D. in physics at Stanford before joining NASA’s space shuttle program in the late 1970s, more than qualifies according to the Sloan Prize criteria.

The mementoes — a set of more than 50 pieces called the Sally Ride Estate Collection — sold for a total of $145,666, ...

EXCLUSIVE: On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride broke the ultimate glass ceiling, soaring into space as America’s first woman astronaut. For a time, she became the most famous person on Earth.