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S. CHRISTA McAULIFFE
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Born September 2, 1948 in
Boston, Massachusetts. Christa received a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Framingham State College and a master’s degree in
education from Bowie State College. She was married to Steve
McAuliffe and they have two children, Scott and Caroline. |
Mrs. McAuliffe was
selected by NASA as the primary candidate for the Teacher in Space
project from over 11,000 teacher applicants. She was assigned to fly on
the Challenger mission STS 51-L, which was destroyed one minute and 13
seconds after its launch. Her assignment on Challenger was to teach
lessons from space via satellite to school children across the United
States. Prior to her training as an astronaut, she taught courses in
history, economics and law plus a course she developed entitled "The
American Woman" at Concord High School in New Hampshire.
S. Christa McAuliffe made the ultimate sacrifice and lost her life in
service to the nation and the space program on January 28, 1986 at 37
years of age.
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