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Christa McAuliffe Biography Christa McAuliffe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 2, 1948. A high school teacher, she made history when she became the first American civilian selected to go into space in 1985. On January 28, 1986, McAuliffe boarded the Challenger space shuttle in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Teacher wins more than $1 million on 'Wheel of Fortune' Manchester says she's soaking in every minute of the win. Manchester is a math teacher and math team coach at Takoma Park Middle School, which she attended. WJLA-TV reports that Manchester is only the third Wheel of Fortune contestant to win the $1 million prize. The first came in 2008 after the award was first offered, and the second was in May 2013.
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Barbara Morgan Following McAuliffe's death in the Challenger disaster, Morgan assumed the duties of Teacher in Space Designee. From March 1986 to July 1986, she worked with NASA, speaking to educational organizations throughout the country. In the fall of 1986, Morgan returned to Idaho to resume her teaching career.
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African-American Scientists: Guion S. Bluford, Jr. After the flag was recovered (undamaged!) from the remains of the Challenger, Bluford (being an Eagle Scout and astronaut) was the emissary who returned the Challenger flag to Boy Scout Troop 514 of Monument, Colorado in December, 1986. On December 18 of that year, he presented the flag to the troop in a special ceremony at Falcon Air Force Base.
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Challenger 1 Challenger 1. The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 is a British main battle tank (MBT) used by the British Army from 1983 to the mid-1990s, when it was superseded by the Challenger 2. It is also currently used by the Royal Jordanian Army as its main battle tank after heavy modifications.
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Sally Ride Despite this and the historical significance of the mission, Ride insisted that she saw herself in only one way—as an astronaut. On June 18, 1983, she became the first American woman in space as a crew member on space shuttle Challenger for STS-7. She was preceded by two Soviet women, Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
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The Challenger Disaster On January 28, 1986 the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off and killed seven astronauts. It was the 25th shuttle launch since NASA started service in 1981.For the first time a teacher was a member of the crew.n January 28, 1986 the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off and killed seven astronauts. It was the 25th shuttle launch since NASA started service in 1981.
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Space Shuttle Columbia The Columbia Memorial Space Center is the U.S. national memorial for the Space Shuttle Columbia’s seven crew members. It is located in Downey on the site of the Space Shuttle's origins and production, the former North American Aviation plant in Los Angeles County, southern California.olumbia returned to space on January 12, 1986, with the launch of STS-61-C. The mission's crew included Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz, as well as the first sitting member of the House of Representatives to venture into space, Bill Nelson. The next shuttle mission, STS-51-L, was undertaken by Challenger.
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The History of the Challenger Expedition The History of the Challenger Expedition. In 1870, Charles Wyville Thomson (right), Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh University, persuaded the Royal Society of London to ask the British Government to furnish one of Her Majesty's ships for a prolonged voyage of exploration across the oceans of the globe.
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Family, friends of astronaut Judith Resnik reel after news of Challenger explosion Across town at the E. Market St. office of Dr. Marvin Resnik. Judith's father, there was a steady stream of phone calls and visits from patients and friends who had heard the news of the space shuttle. Resnik, an optometrist, had gone to Florida last week to watch the launch.
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Captain Proton For the series, please see The Adventures of Captain Proton. Captain Proton was the protagonist of the holographic novel The Adventures of Captain Proton, a story created by USS Voyager crewmember Tom Paris. In the story, Proton's sidekick is called Buster Kincaid, played by Harry Kim on a number of occasions, and his secretary is named Constance Goodheart.
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Portland School Board elections: Professor and student face off in Zone 1 Four candidates are running for open spots in zones 2 and 3. The zone 7 race is uncontested. Julie Esparza Brown, an associate professor at Portland State University's School of Education, said she knew as a child that she wanted to be a teacher.
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Astronaut's Brother Recalls A Man Who Dreamed Big Ronald McNair (third in line) and his fellow Challenger astronauts head to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center to board the space shuttle on Jan. 27, 1986. Steve Helber/AP Ronald McNair was one of the astronauts killed 25 years ago on Jan. 28, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded.
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Peter Billingsley Classmates of the son of America's first teacher-astronaut cheer as the space shuttle Challenger lifts skyward from Launch Pad 39B on Jan. 28, 1986. Their delight turned to horror as the shuttle exploded 73 seconds into flight.
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- For a male OR female, drinking about 2 liters of fluid a day, the normal urine output should be 800 to 2,000 milliliters a day. Urine output below 500 milliliters a day is c … onsidered a low urine output and is a sign of disease.he expected urine output for an adult is 0.5ml/kg/hr. This roughly equates to 30-40ml per hour in an average sized adult. For children, it is closer to 1ml/kg/hr.
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- Dr. Ronald E. McNair. In 1989 the U.S. Congress funded a Department of Education TRIO program in commemoration of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, an African-American laser physicist and astronaut killed in the Challenger explosion. Ronald Erwin McNair was born October 21, 1950 in Lake City, South Carolina.
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- He struck back in 1968 with the Challenger II, but was foiled by a rainstorm which turned the track at the Bonneville Salt Flats into a lake. After his retirement from racing in 1988, he partnered with his son Danny Thompson to make another attempt.
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Space Shuttle Challenger Space Shuttle Challenger was the second orbiter of NASA's space shuttle program to be put into service following Columbia. The shuttle was built by Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division in Downey, California. Its maiden flight, STS-6, started on April 4, 1983. It launched and landed nine times before breaking apart 73 seconds into its tenth mission, STS-51-L, on January 28, 1986, resulting in the death of all seven crew members, including a civilian school teacher. It wa
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Space Shuttle Program In 1983 space shuttle astronaut Sally Ride became the first U.S. woman in space as part of the Challenger crew. The program was a tremendous success for NASA, but it also endured several tragedies.
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- NASA officials were reportedly especially impressed with her course on The American Woman which she had developed and taught. Barbara Morgan was the backup Teacher in Space who also trained with NASA in the astronaut training program. Christa McAuliffe was scheduled to teach two lessons from the space shuttle.
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Challenger: Shuttle Disaster That Changed NASA Challenger's explosion changed the space shuttle program in several ways. Plans to fly other civilians in space (such as journalists) were shelved for 22 years, until Barbara Morgan, who was McAuliffe's backup, flew aboard Endeavour in 2007. Satellite launches were shifted from the shuttle to reusable rockets.
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Challenger Explosion Challenger Explosion. On January 28, 1986, the tenth mission of the space shuttle Challenger ended in tragic disaster. We remember the seven astronauts who lost their lives that day, including Christa McAuliffe, who was chosen by NASA to pioneer its Teacher in Space program.
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What went wrong during the Challenger Disaster and why was a Transcript of What went wrong during the Challenger Disaster and why was a Why was a teacher chosen? NASA decided to have a competition for teachers and the winner would get to take the trip of a lifetime. Christa McAuliffe always dreamed of being able to take a trip up so she entered the contest and took first out of 11,000 other teachers who competed.
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30 YEARS AFTER CHALLENGER - What happened to the crew? Why do we go to space? Disaster seared into memory 30 years ago today. On January 28, 1986, Americans watched as space shuttle Challenger left the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida with seven astronauts aboard, including the first ordinary civilian.
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The Shuttle Explodes Just before liftoff, Challenger's external fuel tank held 500,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and oxygen, which are kept separate because they are highly volatile when mixed. The fuel is used in the shuttle's three main engines. At 11:38 A. M. the shuttle rose gracefully off the launching pad, heading in to the sky.
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American Woman Who Shattered Space Ceiling She was 61. The cause was pancreatic cancer, her company, Sally Ride Science, announced on its Web site. Dr. Ride, a physicist who was accepted into the space program in 1978 after she answered a newspaper ad for astronauts, flew on the shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983, and on a second mission in 1984.