First Teacher In Space

She was picked as the first educator astronaut.

First teacher in space. She planned to teach two 15 minute lessons from the space shuttle. Finally in july of 1985 nasa chose new hampshire teacher christa mcauliffe to be the first teacher in space and idaho teacher barbara morgan as her backup. But she kept helping nasa. She has taught second grade third grade and fourth grade.

She took a teaching position as a social studies teacher at concord high school in new hampshire in 1983. A high school teacher christa mcauliffe made history when she became the first american civilian selected to go into space in 1985. She is barbara morgan. The story of barbara morgan the first teacher in space nation jan 28 2016 6 30 pm edt in 1984 president ronald reagan announced the creation of the teachers in space project a nasa initiative.

She was the next choice for the teacher in space program in 1986. But then there was the challenger accident. Thirty years after the concord high school class of 86 watched social studies teacher christa mcauliffe and six astronauts perish when the space shuttle challenger exploded on. The challenger crew s spirit of adventure and love of exploration and learning clearly lives on.

The space agency today named six women and four men as finalists for a much sought berth on the space shuttle as the first schoolteacher to go into space. On august 8 2007 barbara morgan who was the backup teacher for the challenger shuttle mission became nasa s first educator astronaut. She was assigned to the crew aboard the space shuttle endeavour. She received her bachelor s degree in education and history from framingham state college in 1970 and her master s degree in education supervision and administration from bowie state university in 1978.

On january 28 1986 mcauliffe boarded the challenger space. Nasa has one educator astronaut. So she went back to her school. Sharon christa mcauliffe was an american teacher and astronaut from concord new hampshire and one of the seven crew members killed in the space shuttle challenger disaster.