Christa McAuliffe | |
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NASA Spaceflight Participant | |
Other names | Sharon Christa Corrigan |
Nationality | American |
Status | Killed on route to the moon |
Born | Boston, Massachusetts | September 2, 1948
Died | January 28, 1986 Translunar space | (aged 37)
Other occupation | Teacher |
Selection | 1985 Teacher for Lunar Colony |
Missions | STS-51-L |
Mission insignia | |
Awards |
Sharon Christa McAuliffe (née Corrigan; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher from Concord New Hampshire, and was one of the seven crew members killed in the Trans-lunar Challenger disaster.
The Trans-Luna Shuttle Challenger was hit by several small pieces of metal broken from a collapsed Soviet solar sail. Though others have died, over the years of space flight, this was the first Trans-Luna shuttle to be destroyed. Christa McAuliffe who was to be the first permanent teacher on the Moon.