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Christa McAuliffe

United States

Christa McAuliffe was an American teacher from Concord, New Hampshire, selected from more than ten thousand applicants as the first participant in NASAs Teacher in Space Project, intended to fly an ordinary educator to orbit to teach lessons from space and inspire student interest in science. She trained as a payload specialist for the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L. On January 28, 1986, Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after launch due to the failure of a solid rocket booster seal, killing McAuliffe and all six professional astronauts aboard.

Facts
Birth Date
1948-09-02 3
Birth Year
1948 3
Death Date
1986-01-28 3
Nationality
American 3
Notable Mission
STS-51-L 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Payload Specialist 1
Dating
Selection Year
1985 2
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Source Christa McAuliffe - Wikipedia
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Nationality

United States

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Source Wikidata: Christa McAuliffe
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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2. Christa McAuliffe (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Christa McAuliffe lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Christa McAuliffe - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1948-09-02
  • Early life
    was born on September 2, 1948
  • Infobox, death_date
    1986-01-28
  • Lead, sentence 1
    was an American teacher and astronaut
  • Lead, sentence 1 [notable-mission]
    on mission STS-51-L
  • Lead section
    Sharon Christa McAuliffe (née Corrigan; September 2, 1948 - January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire, who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload specialist.
  • In Group: Space Shuttle Astronauts, Lead sentence
    Sharon Christa McAuliffe (née Corrigan; September 2, 1948, January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire, who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload specialist.
  • Operated By: NASA, Article text: agency link
    In 1985, McAuliffe was selected from more than 11,000 applicants to NASA's Teacher in Space Project and was scheduled to become the first teacher to fly in space.
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Wikidata: Christa McAuliffe
Wikidata Q229674, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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