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Sharon Christa McAuliffe (née Corrigan; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) ... After being chosen to be the first teacher in space, ...
These were then trained for a time, and in 1985 NASA selected Christa McAuliffe to be the first teacher in space, with Barbara Morgan as her backup. McAuliffe was a high school social studies teacher from Concord, New Hampshire. [2] She planned to teach two 15-minute lessons from the Space Shuttle. [3]
McAuliffe, who was 37 when she died, was chosen to be the first teacher in space. The center, ... which will be focused on Christa McAuliffe and the rest of the Challenger Crew. A moment of ...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Decades after she was picked to be America's first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a pioneer — this time as the first woman to be memorialized on the grounds ...
Top: Christa McAuliffe and Judith A. Resnik died in the January 28, 1986 Challenger disaster, ... Originally chosen as cosmonaut during Soviet times, ...
Sep. 2—CONCORD — Hundreds gathered in front of the State House Monday morning for the unveiling of a statue of Christa McAuliffe, who was destined to be the first teacher in space aboard the ...
Christa McAuliffe: Sep. 2, 1948 died Jan. 28, 1986 United States: Part of the Teacher in Space Project. Would have been the first private citizen in space. Died on the Challenger, January 28, 1986. Mission launched, but did not cross the Kármán line. The crew cabin peaked approx. 70,000 ft (above the Armstrong limit). 6 Tatyana Kuznetsova
This group includes Barbara Morgan, who was the backup "Teacher-In-Space" for Christa McAuliffe of the ill-fated Challenger Disaster in 1986. While often referred to as an Educator Astronaut, Morgan was selected by NASA as a mission specialist before the Educator Astronaut Project was formed. [14]