30 years after NASA's Challenger disaster, Christa McAuliffe's lessons will be taught in space

More than 30 years after the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on its way to space, Christa McAuliffe’s lesson plans are finally going to finish the trip.

When the Challenger exploded 73 seconds after its Jan. 28, 1986 launch, McAuliffe perished along with the six other astronauts aboard. The 37-year-old social studies teacher from Boston was selected for NASA’s Teacher in Space Project. She was to fly into space as a civilian “Payload Specialist” and teach lessons from the confines of the Challenger.

McAuliffe never got to complete her mission, but now, three decades later, NASA aims to honor her. A collaboration between the federal space agency and the Challenger Center will see to it that the lessons McAuliffe prepared for her flight will be taught aboard the International Space Station later this year. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | 30 years after NASA's Challenger disaster, Christa McAuliffe's lessons will be taught in space