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christa mcauliffe was an american astronaut she was born in september 2nd 19481948-09-02 she s an astronaut and a teacher christa was in the teacher in space program and she taught thomas johnson middle school in lanham maryland 2

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the teacher in space program was a nasa program announced by ronald reagan in 1984.the program was designed to inspire students teachers to learn about space exploration the program was cancelled in 1990 following the death christa mcauliffe in the space shuttle challenger disaster 3

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in late summer of 1985 mcauliffe left new hampshire for the johnson space center in houston texas on september 9 she started a training program to prepare for nasa mission 51-l her journey into space as the first teacher in space mcauliffe prepared two in-flight lessons about outer space the ultimate field trip and where we ve been where we re going why to be broadcast live from the orbiting space shuttle 4

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christa mcauliffe was famous because she knows she would be an astronaut and she joind the teacher in space program and she said i cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies 5

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on january 28 1986 mcauliffe boarded space shuttle challenger with the other six crewmembers of sts-51-l just 72 seconds into its flight at an altitude of 48,000 feet challenger broke apart leading to the deaths of all seven crew members 6

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after christa mcauliffe died in the accident people build up the mcauliffe-shepard discovery center in concord new hampshire and there s also some places use the same name as christa mcauliffe 7

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christa mcauliffe was born on september 2 1948 in boston massachusetts her parents edward and grace corrigan raised their five children in framingham massachusetts mcauliffe s father was an accountant and her mother is a substitute teacher 8

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