NASA Teacher
In Space Project. She was to go up in space on the space shuttle Challenger.Sharon Christa McAuliffe was born on September 2, 1948. She received her bachelor of arts degree in 1970 from Framington State University in Massachusetts, and then received a masters degree in education in 1978 from Bowie State College in Maryland.
On July 19, 1985, it was announced by then Vice-President George Bush that Christa had been unanimously
chosen from over 11,000 applicants for the NASA Teacher
In Space Project. She was to go up in space on the space shuttle Challenger.
Her goal as the first teacher in space was to "humanize the Space Age by giving a perspective from a non-Astronaut."
Sharon Christa McAuliffe was tragically killed on January 28, 1986, when the
Challenger exploded 78 seconds after take-off.
Despite not making it into space, she will always be remembered as the first.
