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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.
Steven James McAuliffe (born March 3, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. He is the widower of Christa McAuliffe , one of the victims of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster .
Evidence found in the remnants of the crew cabin showed that several of the emergency Personal Egress ... S. Christa McAuliffe, is followed by a symbolic apple. [12 ...
The 8-foot-tall (2.4-meter) bronze, depicting McAuliffe walking in stride in a NASA flight suit, is believed to be the first full statue of McAuliffe, known for her openness to experimental learning.
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 ...
Space shuttle Challenger exploded just over a minute after liftoff in 1986, killing all seven crewmembers, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center is a science museum located in Concord, New Hampshire, United States, next door to the NHTI campus. The museum is dedicated to Christa McAuliffe, the Concord High School social studies teacher selected by NASA out of over 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher in space, and Alan Shepard, the Derry, New Hampshire, native and Navy test pilot who became ...
The disaster led to the deaths of its seven crew members, including teacher Christa. Today we remember the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster that occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle ...