Teacher in Space Project
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The Teacher in Space Project was a NASA program announced by U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1984 designed to inspire students, honor teachers, and spur interest in mathematics, science, and space exp
Barbara Morgan and Christa McAuliffe, backup and primary TISP participants for Mission STS-51-L
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
Teacher in Space Project
…its participants to become astronaut Mission Specialists. The first Educator Astronauts were selected as part of NASA Astronaut Group 19 in 2004. Barbara Morgan, who was selected as a mission specialist as part of NASA Astronaut Group 17 in 1998, has often been incorrectly referred to as an Educator Astronaut…
Morgan in 2006
Christa McAuliffe and Morgan in December 1985