“The whole entire evening will be free to the community, just to give our thank you for being apart of our community of our Challenger Center”, said Director of the Challenger Learning Center at WJU, Jackie Shia.
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It’s now called the Expedition Center.
McAuliffe and other crew members died aboard the challenger, after an explosion, just over a minute into flight. They hope children will be inspired explore science and engineering.
177-a-14-(Barbara Morgan, teacher and a former NASA astronaut, during memorial service at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex)-“for the stars”-Barbara Morgan, Christa McAuliffe’s backup in the Teacher in Space program, says the Challenger crew believed their mission was worth the risk”.
“It’s nice to think that maybe in some way, we are completing the essence of what they wanted to do”, Sumners said of the Challenger astronauts. Those same students and teachers watched in horror as the shuttle exploded shortly thereafter. This week the life-long educator sent a thank you message to the program’s supporters on the CLC website.
“The day after was a blur”, said Penn-Goetsch, “I was talking to a lot of media, and seeing that footage over and over and over again, it was hard”.
“We were as excited as she was, and as excited as everyone was”.
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan announced the creation of the Teachers in Space Project, a NASA initiative that would bring teachers into space and allow them to share their experiences with their students upon their return.
Schoolteacher and astronaut Christa MacAuliffe was to provide that inspiration from space back in 1986.
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“I’d love to be an astronaut and be the first person on Mars”, said Diego Perez, one of the space campers in attendance.
