Three decades after the Challenger disaster, Christa McAuliffe’s lessons will finally be taught

Christa McAuliffe never got to realize her dream of teaching from space.
The 37-year-old social studies teacher from Boston was selected above nearly 11,000 educators as the primary candidate for the first Teacher in Space Mission. Her application stated, “I watched the space program being born, and I would like to participate.” She was going to film lessons in space that could reach classrooms across the country.
McAuliffe’s hopeful quest to become the first American civilian