Colin Burgess

Teacher in Space

Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Legacy

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Produktbeschreibung

This newly revised book tells the story of Christa McAuliffe and how she graduated from her role as a much-loved high school teacher to occupying a seat on the Challenger, the veteran orbiter’s tenth and last flight into space.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 165mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9781496218162
• ISBN-10: 1496218167
• Artikelnr.: 58023280

Autorenporträt

Colin Burgess is the author or editor of several books on spaceflight, including Shattered Dreams: The Lost and Canceled Space Missions (Nebraska, 2019) and Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon, Revised Edition (Nebraska, 2016). Grace George Corrigan (1924–2018) was an education advocate and the mother of Christa McAuliffe. She is the author of A Journal for Christa: Christa McAuliffe, Teacher in Space (Nebraska, 2000).  

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Grace George Corrigan
Acknowledgments
1. Launch Day
2. No Ordinary Person
3. Touching the Future
4. The Ride of a Lifetime
5. Civilians in Space
6. Learning the Ropes
7. Delays and More Delays
8. “The Craft Has Exploded!”
9. The Dream Continues
10. Educating from Orbit
Epilogue: Christa McAuliffe’s Messenger
Appendix A: Shuttle Orbiter Challenger Facts and Figures
Appendix B: Numbering the Shuttle Flights
Appendix C: Honors for the Seven Challenger Astronauts
Index