Minutes of the meeting note that the port has a tradition of naming its South Airport streets after American astronauts and that Ride had consented to being honored in such a manner.
She was the first American woman in space when she made her historic voyage aboard the space shuttle Challenger in 1983.After a long battle with pancreatic cancer, Ride died in 2012 at her San Diego home.
She was 61. While she had a female partner of 27 years, Tam O'Shaughnessy, it was not publicly disclosed that Ride was a lesbian until the time of her death.Sacramento and Herndon, Virginia also have streets named Sally Ride Way.