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Christa McAuliffe, along with six other brave astronauts died in the Challenger Space shuttle disaster on January 28, 1986. The Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch,50,000 feet in the air.
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.
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Challenger
There were 7 crew members on board of the space shuttle Challenger when it exploded. A few of the crew members were Michael J. Smith, Ellison Onizuka, and Christa McAuliffe.
Christa McAuliffe was chosen to be the first teacher in space, but she died when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on launch.
The Challenger Space Shuttle exploded 73 seconds after launch on January 28, 1986, killing all 7 brave astronauts on board, including Christa McAuliffe, who was chosen from 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher in space.
Space shuttle Challenger's explosion
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Christa McAuliffe, although not for very long as the space shuttle challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff.
When the shuttle Challenger exploded on lift-off, it killed Christa McAuliffe, the civilian school teacher and astronaut Judith Resnik.