Christa McAuliffe
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Sharon Christa McAuliffe 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.
McAuliffe in 1985
McAuliffe was a teacher at Concord High School in New Hampshire.
McAuliffe undergoing pre-flight training experiences weightlessness during a KC-135 "vomit comet" flight
McAuliffe (left) and her backup Barbara Morgan (right) try out space food in the canteen of the Johnson Space Center, Sep 10, 1985
Barbara Morgan
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Barbara Radding Morgan is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She participated in the Teacher in Space Project as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of th
Christa McAuliffe
…in Space Project. On July 19, 1985, Vice President George H. W. Bush announced that McAuliffe had been selected for the position. Another teacher, Barbara Morgan, served as her backup. According to Mark Travis of the Concord Monitor, it was McAuliffe's manner that set her apart from the other candidates. NASA…
Morgan in 2006
Christa McAuliffe and Morgan in December 1985