What was the name of the teacher who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster?
Sally Ride
Gloria Steinem
Christa McAuliffe
Maya Angelou
Christa McAuliffe was a social studies teacher from Concord, New Hampshire. She was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. McAuliffe was selected from more than 11,000 applicants to participate in the NASA Teacher in Space Project and was scheduled to become the first teacher in space. On January 28, 1986, the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after launch. There were no survivors. In 2004, Christa McAuliffe was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
The correct answer is Christa McAuliffe.