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Sharon Christa McAuliffe (née Corrigan; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload specialist.
Apr 2, 2014 · High school teacher Christa McAuliffe was the first American civilian selected to go into space. She died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986. Updated: Sep 16, 2020. Photo:...
Apr 9, 2024 · Some 11,000 educators applied for the opportunity to fly on board a space shuttle flight, including 36-year-old Christa McAuliffe, a social studies teacher at Concord High School in New...
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 10, 2024 · Christa Corrigan McAuliffe (born Sept. 2, 1948, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died Jan. 28, 1986, in-flight, off Cape Canaveral, Fla.) 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 strong ...
Aug 2, 2022 · Updated February 20, 2024. Christa McAuliffe was supposed to be the first American civilian in space — but her story ended in tragedy when her space shuttle exploded in 1986. In 1984, NASA announced a new program: the Teacher in Space Project.
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.
