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Christa McAuliffe

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Astronaut
Died
Jan 28, 1986
Zodiac
Virgo
Born in
Boston MA
About
American astronaut chosen for the STS-51-L mission from among 11,000 applications. She was scheduled to become NASA's first teacher in space, but was tragically killed in 1986 when the Challenger exploded. 
Family
She had two children with husband Steven McAuliffe.

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