I roto i te 1982, i marenatia ia hoa NASA astronaut Steve Hawley. ka whakarerea ratou i roto i 1987.I muri i te matenga o Ride, tona obituary whakakitea e tona hoa o 27 tau ko Tam O'Shaughnessy, he ahorangi emerita o te kura hinengaro i San Diego State University, me te hoa o te tamarikitanga, i tutaki ki a ia i te wa e rua i kaitākaro tēnehi. O'Shaughnessy ko hoki he kaituhi pūtaiao, a, i muri mai, te tahi-kaiwhakarewa o Sally Ride Science. O'Shaughnessy mahi inaianei rite te Tumu Whakarae me te Tiamana o te Poari o Sally Ride Pūtaiao. tuhituhi ratou e ono pukapuka pūtaiao tamariki rongonui tahi. i whakakitea e te kamupene ratou hononga, ka whakapumautia e tona tuahine i muri mai, i mea ia i whiriwhiri ia ki te pupuri i tona ora tūmataiti, tae atu ki ona mate me ona mate.
i te taha o tōna pāpā i Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica