Where To Watch The Sally Ride Documentary: Everything We Know About ‘Sally’

Published June 17, 2025, 1:41 p.m. ET

It’s been 42 years since Sally Ride became the first woman in space, and over a decade since she passed away in 2012. Now, director Cristina Costantini’s (Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful, Mucho Mucho Amor, Science Fair) documentary about the late female astronaut trailblazer, Sally, is blasting off to viewers at home.

The two hour and 15 minute-long documentary delves further into Ride’s life with the help of Tam O’Shaughnessy, her life partner who not only participates in the film, but also serves as an executive producer. Sally, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 28, sheds light on Ride and O’Shaughnessy’s relationship, which they had concealed from the public prior to Ride’s death.

As O’Shaughnessy, 73, says in the doc’s trailer (which you can watch above), “Sally risked everything to make history. But telling the world about us was a risk she just couldn’t take.”

O’Shaughnessy, who is a writer and former professional tennis player, also told People that she had asked Ride “ten days before she died” in 2012 about how she “should be to the public.”

“I was holding sort of a public celebration of her life, and then a national tribute at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. And it was like, ‘So who am I?'” she recalled. “Our friends and family knew, and people guessed. It didn’t feel honest. She told me, you decide what you want to say, how open you want to be about our relationship.”

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Per The New Yorker, O’Shaughnessy made their relationship known after writing herself into Ride’s obituary. According to the outlet, the two co-founded the nonprofit Sally Ride Science in 2001, and also joined forces on writing children’s books together before Ride’s passing.

While Sally had its linear cable premiere on National Geographic on Monday night (June 16), the documentary is now available to stream. Here’s how to watch Sally.

How to watch Sally (2025):

The documentary is streaming on both Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

If you’re new to Hulu, you can get started with a 30-day free trial on the streamer’s basic (with ads) plan. After the trial period, you’ll pay $9.99/month. If you want to upgrade to Hulu ad-free, it costs $18.99/month.

If you want to stream even more and save a few bucks a month while you’re at it, we recommend subscribing to one of the Disney+ Bundles, all of which include Hulu. These bundles start at $10.99/month for ad-supported Disney+ and Hulu and goes up to $29.99/month for Disney+, Hulu, and Max, all ad-free.