Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Ride ya kasance mai zaman kansa game da rayuwarta ta sirri. A cikin 1982, ta auri abokin aikin NASA Steve Hawley. Sun rabu a shekarar 1987.Bayan mutuwar Ride, mutuwarta ta bayyana cewa abokin aikinta na shekaru 27 shine Tam O'Shaughnessy, farfesa emerita na ilimin halayyar makaranta a Jami'ar Jihar San Diego kuma abokiyar yarinta, wanda ya sadu da ita lokacin da dukansu ke neman 'yan wasan tennis. O'Shaughnessy kuma marubuci ne na kimiyya kuma, daga baya, wanda ya kafa Sally Ride Science. O'Shaughnessy yanzu yana aiki a matsayin Babban Jami'in zartarwa kuma Shugaban Kwamitin Sally Ride Science. Sun rubuta littattafan kimiyya na yara guda shida tare. Kamfanin ya bayyana dangantakarsu kuma 'yar uwarta ta tabbatar da hakan, wacce ta ce ta zaɓi ta ɓoye rayuwarta ta sirri, gami da rashin lafiyarta da jiyya. Ita ce ta farko da aka sani LGBT dan sama jannati. Ride ya mutu a ranar 23 ga Yuli, 2012, yana da shekara 61, a gidanta a La Jolla, California, watanni goma sha bakwai bayan an gano shi da cutar sankarar bargo. Bayan ƙonawa, an binne toka kusa da mahaifinta a makabartar tunawa da Woodlawn, Santa Monica.  Tambaya: Ina aka ajiye toka?
kusa da mahaifinta a Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica