Sally Ride was the first American woman who went to space, but under the amazing career she kept a secret. Sally had a romantic relationship with a woman for 27 years.
For the first time Tam O’Shaughnessy, Sally’s partner, reveals their secret affair and the price they had to pay so that Sally could fulfill her career.
Director Cristina Costantini brings to the big screen the unbelievable story of Astronaut Sally Ride and gives us a glimpse of her life outside the headlines in the papers and the talk shows Sally appeared in- her journey outside of earth’s atmosphere and the landing back into very conservative USA of the 80’s and the sexist and LGBTQ-phobic environment of NASA.
The film reveals the love story of two fascinating women, and the legacy that Sally Ride left that inspires many girls and women to dream of the stars and beyond.