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The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986, and the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003, both of which killed seven people, respectivley.
Sharon Christa McAuliffe was killed in the Challenger disaster.
The teacher who was killed in a space shuttle flight was Christa McAuliffe. She was selected to be part of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger for the NASA Teacher in Space Project in 1986, but tragically, the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after launch, resulting in the loss of all onboard, including McAuliffe.
Space shuttle Challenger's explosion
14 people have lost their lives in space shuttle accidents - seven each on Challenger and Columbia. (Two searchers were also killed in a helicopter accident during recovery of the Columbia.)
Challenger
Judith Resnik and Christa McAuliff were among the crew killed in the disaster. Astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, was among the accident review board members.
When the shuttle Challenger exploded on lift-off, it killed Christa McAuliffe, the civilian school teacher and astronaut Judith Resnik.
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean on January 28, 1986. All seven astronauts aboard the shuttle were killed.
She got killed from the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster.
She got killed from the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster.
There was a faulty O ring which lead to that explosion that killed all the astronauts on board.