Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on Jan. 29, 1986, reflects the tragedy the day before as the nation watched a shuttle explosion ...

Christa McAuliffe, a teacher at Concord High School in Concord, New Hampshire, was selected by NASA to be the first teacher to go into space aboard the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger. She planned ...

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Christa McAuliffe prepares for a ride in the rear station of one of NASA’s T-38 jet trainers on Oct. 10, 1985. The explosion of the 1986 NASA Challenger mission took the life of New Hampshire teacher ...

A new documentary about the life and legacy of Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher selected for space travel is airing on PBS. "Christa" will look at the life of McAuliffe, from her time as a teacher ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On Jan. 28, 1986, Tanna Nicely joined millions of Americans watching social studies teacher Christa McAuliffe lift off aboard the Space Shuttle "Challenger." 73 seconds later, the ...

We highly recommend listening to this story. In 1986, the Challenger space shuttle broke apart, claiming the lives of seven crew members. Among them was Concord High School teacher Christa McAuliffe.

REMEMBERED ALL OF THIS. CHRISTA GREW UP IN FRAMINGHAM AND ATTENDED COLLEGE HERE AT FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY. TODAY, INSIDE THE PLANETARIUM OF THE CHRISTA MCAULIFFE ...

CONCORD, N.H. — Decades after she was picked to be America's first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a pioneer — this time as the first woman to be memorialized on the grounds of New ...

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Education Cooridinator Amanda Leith attaches a photo by Toby Sanford of the Asociated Press to the wall of the Discovery Center's new exhibit. Credit: GEOFF FORESTER ...