A statue of America's first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe, who died when the space shuttle Challenger broke apart in 1986, is seen after its unveiling on what would've been her 76th birthday, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FRAMINGHAM — Students from Millis Middle School visited the Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning at Framingham ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 2—CONCORD — Hundreds gathered in front of the State House Monday morning for the unveiling of a statue of Christa McAuliffe, ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Before Christa McAuliffe was an astronaut, she was a vibrant teacher in New England keen on showing her students how everyday people left extraordinary marks on U.S. history.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 13—Every generation has at least one date shaped by tragedy, whether it's Dec. 7, 1941, or Nov. 22, 1963, or Sept. 11, 2001.

Decades after she was picked to be America's first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a pioneer—this time as the first woman to be memorialized on the grounds of New Hampshire's Statehouse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Decades after she was picked to be America's first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a pioneer — this time as the first ...

Christa McAuliffe, NASA's first teacher in space, rides with her children Caroline and Scott past the Statehouse during a parade, Saturday, July 21, 1985 in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File) ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Decades after she was picked to be America’s first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a pioneer — this time as the first woman to be memorialized on the grounds of New ...

CONCORD, N.H. — Before Christa McAuliffe was an astronaut, she was a vibrant teacher in New England keen on showing her students how everyday people left extraordinary marks on U.S. history. Nearly ...