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If you’ve googled today, it’s likely you’ve seen Olivia Huynh’s Google doodle celebrating the birthday of astronaut Sally Ride.
Doodles are the themed images, videos, animations, or games that Google uses in place of its familiar logo to celebrate holidays or momentous dates. Sally Ride is known for being the first woman in space, but she also helped design the robotic arm used on her space mission.
Huynh is an artist who decided to make five short animations for today’s Googe doodle celebrating Sally Ride’s birthday and accomplishments.
The Ride doodle, a series of five animated gifs (a different image is generated each time you go to the homepage), was created by the 23-year-old Huynh. She has been working for Google since 2014 and says it is a dream come true. Her art has also been featured by MoMA, Animation Block Party, and the New York International Children’s Film Festival.
http://fortune.com/2015/05/26/artist-sally-ride-google-doodle/
