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Teacher and American astronaut. Born on September 2, 1948, in New Hampshire, USA, she died on January 28, 1986, in the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster. She was the first teacher selected as an astronaut in American history, known for her educational background and passion for education.

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Famous Christa McAuliffe Quotes

“Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.”

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“It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.”

Should Community Olympics Homecoming Hampshire New Hampshire

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“No teacher has ever been better prepared to teach a lesson.”

Teach Teacher Lessons Prepared

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“May your future be limited only by your dreams!”

May Dream Your Dreams Our Future Your Future

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“I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people.”

People Want Goodbye Farewell Saying Goodbye Bye Good Bye Bye Bye

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“I told them how excited I would be to go into space and how thrilled I was when Alan Shepard made his historic flight, and when John Kennedy announced on the news that the men had landed safely on the moon, and how jealous I was of those men.”

Men Made Would Be Space Moon News Excited Flight Jealous Historic John Kennedy

Author:Christa McAuliffe

“NASA was going to pick a public school teacher to go into space, observe and make a journal about the space flight, and I am a teacher who always dreamed of going up into space.”

School Space Teacher Picks Flight Journal Public School Nasa School Teachers Space Flight

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“Every shuttle mission's been successful.”

Successful Missions

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“My sympathies have always been for working-class people.”

People Class Working Class My Sympathy

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“When I'm 60, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and wonder, What really happened that year?”

Years Looks Wonder Happened Paper Papers

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“I can remember in early elementary school when the Russians launched the first satellite. There was still so much unknown about space. People thought Mars was probably populated.”

People Firsts Stills I Can School Remember Space Mars Eyebrows Satellites Elementary School

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“I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies.”

Opportunity Interest Ability Space Fantasy Unique Program Astronaut Educator Nasa Space Travel Space Program Unique Opportunities

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“I will go around the space shuttle and give a guided tour of the major areas and describe what is done in each area. This will be called The Ultimate Field Trip.”

Giving Done Space Journey Fields Majors Areas Ultimate Space Shuttle Field Trip

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“I will have a one-hour program called the Mission Watch, where I will describe details of the mission and give additional information about the lessons from space.”

Giving Hours Space Watches Information Lessons Program Details Missions One Hour

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“My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also going to be teaching a class for students on earth about life in space and on the space shuttle and conducting experiments.”

Writing Earth Jobs Space Class Teaching Students Experiments Journal Conducting Space Shuttle

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“The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.”

Important House Felt President Space Citizens Travel Ordinary Excitement Representatives Funny Travel Space Travel Ordinary Citizens

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“The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is neat. Within their lifetime, there will be paying passengers on the shuttle.”

Thinking Kids Space Lifetime Zone Twilight Neat Passengers Twilight Zone

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“You have to dream. We all have to dream. Dreaming is OK. Imagine me teaching from space, all over the world, touching so many peoples lives. Thats a teachers dream! I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries. Imagine a history teacher making history!”

World Dream Space Vision Teacher Imagine Teaching Boundaries Village Touching Global Village Making History History Teacher

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“Imagine a history teacher making history.”

Teacher Imagine Global Village Making History History Teacher

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“Space is for everybody. It's not just for a few people in science or math, or for a select group of astronauts. That's our new frontier out there, and it's everybody's business to know about space.”

People Knows Space Groups Math Astronomy Frontiers Select Astronaut New Frontiers Space Science

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“What are we doing here? We're reaching for the stars!”

Stars Space Reaching Reaching For The Stars

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“If anything, the overriding emotion is gonna just be excitement.”

Ifs Emotion Excitement

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“Sometimes when things get kind of frantic, it helps to call my husband Steve, because I think he's got a real good sense of where everything's gonna be in a few years.”

Thinking Years Kind Real Sometimes Helping Husband My Husband Good Sense Frantic

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“I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries.”

World Vision Boundaries Village Global Village Making History History Teacher

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“If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the space program, then my job's been done.”

Ifs I Can Done Shows Jobs Space Students Members Program Show Me General Public Space Program

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“Space is going to be commonplace.”

Space Corny Commonplace

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“I have the LIFE magazine of the men walking on the moon.”

Men He Man Walking Moon Magazines Walking On The Moon

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“If anything happened, I think my husband would have to deal with that as the time came.”

Ifs Thinking Deals Happened Husband My Husband

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“Just as the pioneer travelers of the Conestoga wagon days kept personal journals, I, as a pioneer space traveler, would do the same.”

Space Traveler Journal Pioneers Space Travel Wagons

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“It was hard telling those kids...that I wasn't going to be there this year. And I knew I was going to miss them. I won't have an opportunity to see them again, unless they stop by the house. Now during the summer, I got lots of notes; kids would stop by the house. I'd be pulling weeds or something and they would come up and give me a hug and say, 'Oh, I can't believe it, this is so wonderful!' and just get very excited about it. It was hard not being in school. I would have loved to have gone back to school.”

Giving Years Believe I Can Hard Kids School Opportunity House Space Gone Wonderful Missing Summer Give Me Notes Come Up Excited Weed Hug Pulling Pulling Weeds

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About the Author

Born: September 2, 1948
Died: January 28, 1986
Known for: Teacher
Quotes: 30

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