One of those seven astronauts was Christa McAuliffe. Set to become the first teacher in space, McAuliffe had a whole lesson plan ready to teach the world in 1986. Millions of kids would have tuned ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Decades after she was picked to be America’s first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a ...

One of them was a New Hampshire teacher whose name was soon to go down in history. "This is Christa McAuliffe, live from the Challenger." Christa had been chosen from thousands as the country's ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Many of us ...

28, 1986.New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe was one of the seven crew members killed in the disaster. Crew members Dick Scobee, Mike Smith, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik and ...

THAT IS THROUGH NASHUA AND MERRIMACK. YOU’LL HIT THE BRAKES. NASA IS HONORING NEW HAMPSHIRE TEACHER CHRISTA MCAULIFFE AND OTHER ASTRONAUTS WHO DIED WHILE PURSUING SPACE EXPLORATION. NASA’S DAY ...