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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.
The new space center included the second largest planetarium in the state of Utah, which started running shows in November 2020. In 2018, the Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center (as it was then called) removed the word "Education" from its name and also updated its logo to a new stylized version of the original. [citation needed]
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.
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]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Before Christa McAuliffe was an astronaut, she was a vibrant teacher in New England keen on showing her students how everyday people left extraordinary marks on U.S. history. Nearly four decades later, a new documentary focuses on how she still inspires others and less on her fate aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
The Christa McAuliffe Memorial State House Commission chose Benjamin Victor, a sculptor from Idaho, Gov. Chris Sununu announced this week. Victor is the youngest artist to have a sculpture in the ...
The Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 116–65 (text)) authorized the production of a commemorative silver dollar to commemorate the life of Christa McAuliffe, a former social studies teacher who in 1985, was chosen to be the first participant in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Teacher in Space program.
Space shuttle Challenger exploded just over a minute after liftoff in 1986, killing all seven crewmembers, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.