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.
Christa McAuliffe. She perished sadly in the Challenger disaster in 1986. Christa McAuliffe. She perished sadly in the Challenger disaster in 1986.
That would be Christa McAuliffe
Her name was Christa McAuliffe, and she was selected America's Teacher in Space in 1985 over almost 11,000 applicants, 114 semifinalist and 10 finalists. The program had been announced by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. The New Hampshire high school teacher spent five months training for a flight on the space shuttle Challenger. She had hoped to record her flight and conduct lessons from the shuttle all about space travel. She and her six crewmates on the Challenger were killed when the shuttle exploded shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral on January 28, 1986. She was 37.
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, 73 seconds into its flight, on 28-January-1986.
The phases of space shuttle flight are liftoff, orbit insertion, orbit, re-entry, and landing.
That would be Christa McAuliffe
Her name was Christa McAuliffe, and she was selected America's Teacher in Space in 1985 over almost 11,000 applicants, 114 semifinalist and 10 finalists. The program had been announced by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. The New Hampshire high school teacher spent five months training for a flight on the space shuttle Challenger. She had hoped to record her flight and conduct lessons from the shuttle all about space travel. She and her six crewmates on the Challenger were killed when the shuttle exploded shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral on January 28, 1986. She was 37.
When the shuttle Challenger exploded on lift-off, it killed Christa McAuliffe, the civilian school teacher and astronaut Judith Resnik.
The space shuttle Challenger, mission designation: STS-51-L.Christa McAuliffe, the teacher, was one of 7 crew members on that flight.
Atlantis was the space shuttle used on STS-38. However, this was the 37th actual flight of the shuttle system. The 38th flight was on mission STS-39, which was flown by the shuttle Discovery.
There were two onboard the Challenger space shuttle which was destroyed during launch in January 1986 when the external tank exploded 73 seconds after lift-off. They were mission specialist Judith A. Resnik (on her second shuttle flight) and Christa McAuliffe, who was to have been the first teacher in space.
Yes. The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 1 minute 13 seconds into its flight in 1986. All seven crew members on board were killed.
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, 73 seconds into its flight, on 28-January-1986.
The phases of space shuttle flight are liftoff, orbit insertion, orbit, re-entry, and landing.
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The average cost of a space shuttle mission is $450 million