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What was the name of the school teacher astronaut who was killed in a shuttle explosion?
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What was the name of the space shuttle that exploded in 1986 in which this astronaut was killed?
Challenger
Who was the female astronaut killed on lift-off?
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.
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What was the name of the of the school teacher astronaut who was killed in a shuttle explosion?
Sharon Christa McAuliffe was killed in the Challenger disaster.
Woman killed in space shuttle explosion?
When the shuttle Challenger exploded on lift-off, it killed Christa McAuliffe, the civilian school teacher and astronaut Judith Resnik.
What was the name of the space shuttle that exploded in 1986 in which this astronaut was killed?
Challenger
What killed Christa McAuliffe?
Space shuttle Challenger's explosion
How did judith Resnick die?
She was an astronaut on board the space shuttle Challenger, which exploded soon after take-off from Cape Canaveral on 28th January 1986. All on board were killed, Resnik amongst them- she died in the explosion.
Which space shuttle disintegrated and killed the astronaut Kalpana Chawla?
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What was the teacher name who was killed in space shuttle?
That would be Christa McAuliffe
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When did the shuttle challenger expload?
There was a faulty O ring which lead to that explosion that killed all the astronauts on board.
Who was the female astronaut killed on lift-off?
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.
Who was the first teacher to travel in space?
Christa McAuliffe was to have been the first teacher in space, 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, Barbara Morgan, entered space on August 8th, 2007 as an 'educator astronaut' but NASA apparently avoided calling her a 'teacher in space', as she had to give up her role as teacher to become an astronaut. See the ' Teacher In Space' Related Link below.
What is the name of the teacher who was killed in a space shuttle flight?
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.
