In 1985, NASA launched the Teacher in Space program to inspire students and honor educators. Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher from New Hampshire, was selected from thousands of applicants, ...

NASA’s “Teacher in Space” added joy to many Americans’ lives and increased excitement for the future of spaceflight, though she never reached her destination Alice George - Museums Correspondent ...

This January NHPR marks the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster with a multi-part series honoring the life, impact, and enduring legacy of Christa McAuliffe, New Hampshire’s ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The teacher who will fly into space in 2004 got her start in a schoolhouse on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Barbara Morgan was the backup teacher to Christa McAuliffe, one of ...

Centers and NASA education programs. Teachers gathered for an educators workshop took a break in January 1986 and saw the shocking news on television. The Challenger space shuttle carrying teacher ...

BOISE — She has soared through space at 5 miles per second, taught hundreds of elementary school students and provided vision and leadership for the state’s science and technology education programs.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - When former schoolteacher Barbara Morgan leaves Earth on a space shuttle this week, she hopes her students in Idaho learn a lesson from her 22-year wait to get into orbit: ...

As part of NASA’s Teacher in Space Program, Christa McAuliffe prepared lesson plans and lectures to beam into classrooms from orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. She, and the rest of the ...