The first mission to carry a teacher into space was a Challenger mission in 1986. This mission ended in tragedy when the Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. All aboard died, including teacher, Christa McAuliffe.
The first mission to carry a teacher into space was the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L in 1986, with teacher Christa McAuliffe aboard. Tragically, the mission ended in disaster when Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff. McAuliffe and the six other crew members perished in the accident.
The first mission to carry a teacher into space was the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L in 1986. Teacher Christa McAuliffe was selected to be part of this mission, but tragically, the shuttle exploded shortly after launch.
The first teacher in space was to be on the tenth Challenger flight, STS-51-L, and the teacher selected was Christa McAuliffe as part of the 'Teacher in Space' project.Regrettably Christa was killed when the space shuttle Challenger was traveling towards space and exploded 73 seconds after launch. She did not actually reach space.In August 2007, Christa's back-up, made it into space as an 'educator astronaut' (although NASA apparently avoided calling her a 'teacher in space', as she had to give up her role as teacher on becoming an astronaut) on board STS-118, which launched on August 8, 2007.
Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher from New Hampshire, was the first teacher to go to space. She was chosen to be a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission in 1986, but unfortunately, the mission ended in tragedy when the Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff.
The Challenger was a space shuttle orbiter that took astronauts into space for studies. The Challenger completed a total of nine missions into space.
The first mission to carry a teacher into space was the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L in 1986, with teacher Christa McAuliffe aboard. Tragically, the mission ended in disaster when Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff. McAuliffe and the six other crew members perished in the accident.
The first mission to carry a teacher into space was the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L in 1986. Teacher Christa McAuliffe was selected to be part of this mission, but tragically, the shuttle exploded shortly after launch.
The first teacher in space was to be on the tenth Challenger flight, STS-51-L, and the teacher selected was Christa McAuliffe as part of the 'Teacher in Space' project.Regrettably Christa was killed when the space shuttle Challenger was traveling towards space and exploded 73 seconds after launch. She did not actually reach space.In August 2007, Christa's back-up, made it into space as an 'educator astronaut' (although NASA apparently avoided calling her a 'teacher in space', as she had to give up her role as teacher on becoming an astronaut) on board STS-118, which launched on August 8, 2007.
Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher from New Hampshire, was the first teacher to go to space. She was chosen to be a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission in 1986, but unfortunately, the mission ended in tragedy when the Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff.
The first teacher in space was to be on the tenth Challenger flight, STS-51-L, and the teacher selected was Christa McAuliffe as part of the 'Teacher in Space' project.Regrettably Christa was killed when the space shuttle Challenger was traveling towards space and exploded 73 seconds after launch. She did not actually reach space.In August 2007, Christa's back-up, made it into space as an 'educator astronaut' (although NASA apparently avoided calling her a 'teacher in space', as she had to give up her role as teacher on becoming an astronaut) on board STS-118, which launched on August 8, 2007.
The Challenger was a space shuttle orbiter that took astronauts into space for studies. The Challenger completed a total of nine missions into space.
Barbara Morgan was the backup teacher to Christa McAuliffe for the Teacher in Space Project in 1985. She was selected as the first Educator Astronaut in 1998 and flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour mission STS-118 in 2007.
Yes, there was a teacher onboard the Apollo 13 mission. Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher from New Hampshire, was selected to be the first private citizen in space as part of NASA's Teacher in Space Project. However, she did not ultimately fly on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
Christa McAuliffe, although not for very long as the space shuttle challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff.
Christa McAuliffe, who was set to be the first teacher in space, had to miss the mission due to the measles outbreak in 1986. She was replaced by Barbara Morgan.
Christa McAuliffe would have been the first Teacher in Space, but was killed in the Challenger disaster and the program was canceled. McAuliffe's backup in the Teacher in Space Program, Barbara Morgan, eventually got hired in 1998 as a professional astronaut and flew on STS-118 as a mission specialist where she spoke to many students as an educator during the trip.
The first American woman to complete a space mission was Sally Ride, who flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-7 in 1983. Ride became the first American woman in space on this mission.