Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, but she is better known as Christa McAuliffe. She was a teacher from Concord, New Hampshire who was selected out of about 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher in space. She, along with 6 other brave souls, died 73 seconds after takeoff.
Seven astronauts died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.
Christa McAuliffe was the first female teacher selected to be an astronaut. She was chosen as the primary candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space Project in 1985. Unfortunately, she tragically lost her life in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.
All of the bodies were recovered, but it was never determined how the astronauts died. It is assumed they died due to the impact with the ocean, and not the explosion itself.
The name of the shuttle where the woman astronaut died is the Space Shuttle Challenger. The Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the tragic deaths of all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
All 7 of them.
a teacher who died in the explosion of the challenger
Seven astronauts died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.
He died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion 1/28/86
Commander Richard (Dick) F. Scobee was born and grew up in Washington.
Seven died (explosion January 1986.) The last two members of the Challenger crew were not officially Federal government employees.
Christa McAuliffe was chosen to be the first teacher in space, but she died when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on launch.
Christa McAuliffe was the first female teacher selected to be an astronaut. She was chosen as the primary candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space Project in 1985. Unfortunately, she tragically lost her life in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.
All of the bodies were recovered, but it was never determined how the astronauts died. It is assumed they died due to the impact with the ocean, and not the explosion itself.
Seven died (explosion January 1986.) The last two members of the Challenger crew were not officially Federal government employees.
The name of the shuttle where the woman astronaut died is the Space Shuttle Challenger. The Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the tragic deaths of all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
All 7 of them.
The space shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986, due to the failure of an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster. The crew, including teachers Christa McAuliffe and Sharon Christa McAuliffe, died in the explosion before the orbiter plummeted into the ocean.