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Sep 15, 2020 · Famous Scholars & Educators. Astronauts. How Teacher Christa McAuliffe Was Selected for the Disastrous Challenger Mission. The social studies teacher was chosen from 11,000 applicants to be the...
Apr 26, 2024 · Christa Corrigan McAuliffe (born Sept. 2, 1948, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died Jan. 28, 1986, in-flight, off Cape Canaveral, Fla.) was an American teacher who was chosen to be the first private citizen in space. The death of McAuliffe and her fellow crew members in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster was deeply felt by the nation and had a ...
Jun 12, 2021 · NPR's Scott Simon talks to Kevin Cook, the author of The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster. The space shuttle exploded after launch 35 years ago...
Jun 7, 2023 · NASA and the Challenger Center present Christa’s Lost Lessons. Christa McAuliffe was chosen to be the first teacher in space. Due to the tragic space shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, she did not film the science lessons in space as planned.
NASA EXPERIENCE: Christa McAuliffe was selected as the primary candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space Project on July 19, 1985. She was a payload specialist on STS 51-L which was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 11:38:00 EST on January 28, 1986.
Christa McAuliffe | Challenger Center. Teacher in Space Payload Specialist. Sharon “Christa” Corrigan McAuliffe was born on September 2, 1948, in Framingham, Massachusetts. She earned a B.A. in history from Framingham State College in 1970, and in the same year, married Steven McAuliffe. They later had two children.
Jan 28, 2021 · A week short of the 35-year anniversary of the Challenger explosion, and the death of Christa McAuliffe and her fellow crewmembers, a new generation of children watched the inauguration of the first woman to serve as vice president.
