Ride ta kasance a cikin kwamitin Rogers (kwamitin shugaban kasa da ke binciken hatsarin) kuma ya jagoranci kwamiti na gudanarwa. Ita ce kadai mutum da ya yi aiki a kan bangarorin biyu da ke binciken hatsarin jirgin sama (wadanda suka yi wa hatsarin Challenger da kuma bala'in Columbia). Bayan binciken Challenger, an sanya Ride zuwa hedkwatar NASA a Washington, DC, inda ta jagoranci kokarin farko na shirin NASA, ta rubuta wani rahoto mai suna "Jagorancin NASA da makomar Amurka a sararin samaniya" kuma ta kafa Ofishin Bincike na NASA. Bayan mutuwar Sally Ride a shekarar 2012, Janar Donald Kutyna ya bayyana cewa ta ba shi bayanan sirri game da O-rings (wato, cewa sun zama masu tsauri a yanayin zafi) wanda hakan ya haifar da gano dalilin fashewar. Tambaya: Ina aka sanya Ride bayan Challenger?
Hedikwatar NASA a Washington, DC