{"product_id":"teacher-in-space-christa-mcauliffe-and-the-challenger-legacy-9781496218162","title":"Teacher in Space: Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Legacy","description":"On January 28, 1986, NASA space shuttle orbiter \u003ci\u003eChallenger\u003c\/i\u003e lifted off into the clear blue skies over Florida on mission STS-51L, carrying a crew of seven, including teacher Christa McAuliffe. Just seventy-three seconds into the launch, a massive explosion tore \u003ci\u003eChallenger\u003c\/i\u003e apart. This newly revised edition of \u003ci\u003eTeacher in Space\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how McAuliffe graduated from her role as a much-loved high school teacher to occupying a seat on the veteran orbiter's tenth and last flight into space. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e McAuliffe's dream was to carry out science projects while in orbit around the earth that were to be telecast live to school students across the United States. Her dream came to a sudden and tragic end that terrible day. Nevertheless, that ambition to educate from space remained an inspiration to many and, in her name and those of the \u003ci\u003eChallenger\u003c\/i\u003e crew, manifested itself in the establishment of hundreds of youth education programs and institutes of learning across America and around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeacher in Space\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable story of renewed faith, cooperation, and hope for the future and of a dedicated and much-loved teacher who came to symbolize the best of human achievement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Burgess\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or editor of several books on spaceflight, including \u003ci\u003eShattered Dreams: The Lost and Canceled Space Missions\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2019) and \u003ci\u003eFallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon, Revised Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2016). \u003cb\u003eGrace George Corrigan\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-2018) was an education advocate and the mother of Christa McAuliffe. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Journal for Christa: Christa McAuliffe, Teacher in Space\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2000). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50434666135826,"sku":"9781496218162","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5de57d4c-fcf1-4490-9cb9-3f326df2a56f.jpg?v=1729606659","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/teacher-in-space-christa-mcauliffe-and-the-challenger-legacy-9781496218162","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}