The space shuttle Challenger.
She and the rest of the crew died when the crew compartment impacted the ocean following the disintegration of the vehicle triggered by the failure of one of the solid rocket boosters due to burn through of the o-rings.
The teacher who went on the Challenger in 1986 was Christa McAuliffe. She was selected as part of NASA's Teacher in Space Project.
Christa McAuliffe
A school teacher
Yes, Christa McAuliffe.
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.
To be the Teacher in Space
Christa Uldgrant Webb
School Teacher
a teacher who died in the explosion of the challenger
The teacher who was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 was Christa McAuliffe. She was selected to be the first teacher in space as part of NASA's Teacher in Space Project.
Sharon Christa McAuliffe.
Yes, she was a teacher.