Christa McAuliffe

Christa McAuliffe was an ordinary teacher chosen to represent and brighter future for all. She was to be the first civilian in space, exemplifying the opportunistic values of American dreamers. Christa entered the NASA Space Shuttle “Challenger” in 1986, but when undergoing takeoff the rocket experienced a catastrophic failure and exploded, she would not be able to see the big rock we call Earth. The event humbled the US and much of the world; however, it paved a path for future entrepreneurs and

Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe was an American teacher from Concord, New Hampshire, and was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. She received her bachelor's degree in education and history from Framingham State College in 1970, and also a master's 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, she was selected

Ham, at the Christa McAuliffe School in Concord. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I would drive over to the Bow Youth Center after school and play t-ball with a group of 10 kindergartens. Some didn’t know how to play at all, so I had to do some instruction along the way

The crewmembers were Mission Specialist Ellison Onizuka; Payload Specialist Gregory Jarvis; Mission Specialist Judith Resnik; Mission Specialist Ronald McNair; Pilot Michael Smith; Commander Dick Scobee and of course Teacher Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire, Connecticut (Romzek, 1987). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) wanted to try a new radical approach by trying to rekindle the excitement that once had surrounded the space program. NASA thought that if

Challenger. The Challenger is the midsized business aircraft offered by Bombardier. Often referred to as the backbone of many corporate fleets, the Challenger delivers the best in-flight experience. With the ability to carry 8-10 passengers, the Challenger features the widest cabins in its class, as well as the industry leading wired and wireless connectivity package. The Bombardier Challenger offers the greatest flexibility in work and dining areas, while able to cruise at 0.80 Mach, and a range

In the world today, people have created different hobbies for themselves. Many people like to read different books from different genres. Some like to do life changing experiments for science. Some like to engineer robots that could help us in the near future. Some people like to run and run and run until they know that they accomplished something. This includes me. I enjoy running because it helps me ease of stress, in a way, and helps me grow my strength. And because I enjoy running, I decided

to bring into space. This would make space travel seem more “real” to people as a regular person would be in a place that only highly trained professionals had previously been. Christa McAuliffe was the teacher chosen out of thousands to be the first non-astronaut or specialist to be in space. The publicity around McAuliffe was massive and therefore NASA was getting attention that it had not received in prior years. McAuliffe’s

“Live and learn”: a classic saying that applies to everyone and everything. Sometimes people mess up on small things but, other times one flaw could lead to a huge mistake that people must learn from. NASA’s Challenger was no exception to this saying. Many lives were lost on the space shuttle including a teacher from Concord. However, this tragedy holds a story worth being told. On August 27th 1948, Ronald Reagan announced that NASA would send a teacher into space. “Directing NASA to begin a search

morning of January 28, 1986, seven brave people boarded the Challenger space shuttle. All of America sat around their televisions watching and waiting for the space shuttle to finally lift off. One of the seven people aboard this shuttle was Christa McAuliffe, a teacher in the Teachers in Space program and would have been the first civilian to go into space. Her students were invited to come to NASA and watch. The engines roar sounded loudly and the shuttle finally left the ground. It was an illuminating

28, 1986, when the temperature hung ten degrees below freezing with the excessive wind chill, The Challenger was set to launch from Cape Canaveral Florida. On board, seven crew members, including the first civilian set to go to space, teacher Christa McAuliffe, awaited the final order to launch. As thousands of children watched on television, the shuttle left the platform, and seconds later, erupted into a plume of smoke, killing all on board. Even though the explosion of The Challenger was a tragedy