Teacher In Space

Sharon christa mcauliffe née corrigan.

Teacher in space. Candidate designs reviewed for teacher in space christa mcauliffe coin a new u s. She was the next choice for the teacher in space program in 1986. Beres the maryland teacher who recently crossed the atlantic in a 31 foot sailboat with three friends said she has been dreaming of space since she was 9 when she named a pet turtle sputnik.

Silver dollar will depict the first teacher to launch towards outer space in a way that is representative of all. Finalists traveled to washington dc then to houston for a battery of medical tests briefings and interviews. Nasa has one educator astronaut.

She was picked as the first educator astronaut. She is barbara morgan. September 2 1948 january 28 1986 was an american teacher and astronaut from concord new hampshire and one of the seven crew members killed in the space shuttle challenger disaster.

The teacher in space project was a nasa program announced by ronald reagan in 1984 designed to inspire students honor teachers and spur interest in mathematics science and space exploration. Teacher in space project 1985 missions. The project would carry teachers into space as payload specialists who would return to their classrooms to share the experience with their students.

But then there was the challenger accident. Nasa cancelled the program in 1990 following the death of its first participant christa mcauliffe in the space shuttle challenger disaster on january 28. In august 1984 president reagan announced nasa s new teacher in space project which was a part of nasa s space flight participant program an education and outreach initiative.

So she went back to her school. Teachers in space inc. Sadly christa mcauliffe was not destined to become the first teacher in space.