Christa McAuliffe was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire. She was killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, serving as a payload specialist.
She received her bachelor’s degree in education and history from Framingham State College in 1970 and her master’s degree in education, supervision and administration from Bowie State University in 1978. She took a teaching position as a social studies teacher at Concord High School in New Hampshire in 1983.
In 1985, McAuliffe was selected from more than 11,000 applicants to the NASA Teacher in Space Project and was scheduled to become the first teacher to fly in space.
Christa McAuliffe Children: Meet Scott and Caroline
Scott Minerd had two children, Scott and Caroline with her husband Steven J. McAuliffe.
Sharon McAuliffe was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire, who was killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L where she was serving as a payload specialist.
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