Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 space center offers a variety of programs that provide varying mission lengths and experiences. Continuing the educational aim of the space center, there are field-trip programs for school classes that provide education about science, space, and teamwork/leadership. These programs also offer educational experience missions on the simulators.
McAuliffe is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side. It lies within the inner ring of the double-ringed walled plain Apollo, about one crater diameter to the northeast of the crater Resnik. To the southeast of it lies the crater pair of Jarvis and McNair. McAuliffe is a bowl-shaped feature with a roughly circular rim.
Dr. Irene Porro, director of the Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning, welcomes guests to the center's grand reopening at Framingham State University, Jan. 26, 2024.
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 ...
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.
In 2017-2018, two educators-turned-astronauts at the International Space Station recorded some of the lessons that McAuliffe had planned to teach, on Newton’s laws of motion, liquids in microgravity, effervescence and chromatography. NASA then posted “Christa McAuliffe’s Lost Lessons” online, a resource for students everywhere.