1948 - 1986
Christa McAuliffe American Astronaut
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Christa McAuliffe was previously married to Steven J. McAuliffe.
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American Astronaut Christa McAuliffe was born Sharon Christa Corrigan on 2nd September, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and passed away on 28th Jan 1986 Atlantic Ocean, near Cape Canaveral, Florida, US aged 37. She is most remembered for civilian Space Shuttle Challenger explosion victim. Her zodiac sign is Virgo.
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Relationship Statistics
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Details
First Name |
Sharon
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Middle Name |
Christa
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Last Name |
McAuliffe
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Maiden Name |
Corrigan
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Full Name at Birth |
Sharon Christa Corrigan
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Alternative Name |
Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, Christa McAuliffe, Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, Sharon Christa Corrigan, Asteroid Namesake '3352 McAuliffe', S. Christa Corrigan, "S. Christa McAuliffe''
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Birthday |
2nd September, 1948
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Birthplace |
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Died |
28th January, 1986
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Place of Death |
Atlantic Ocean, near Cape Canaveral, Florida, US
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Cause of Death |
Space Vehicle Explosion & impact with ocean
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Buried |
Calvary Cemetery, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
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Build |
Average
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Eye Color |
Brown - Dark
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Hair Color |
Black
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Distinctive Feature |
Asteroid Namesake 3352 McAuliffe, A middle school is named in her memory on Garnett Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA..., A planetarium in Concord, NH is named after her..., An episode of Punky Brewster (1984) was made to help children cope with her loss..., In 1985, she was selected from more than 11,000 applicants to participate in the NASA Teacher in Space Project and was scheduled to become the first teacher in space..., McAuliffe was a great niece of Lebanese-American historian Philip Khuri Hitti..., ''Do you realize that someday people will be going to the Moon? Maybe even taking a bus, and I want to do that!"..., She wrote years later on her NASA application form: "I watched the Space Age being born, and I would like to participate''..., In 1970, she married her longtime boyfriend whom she had known since high school, Steven J. McAuliffe..., They had two children, Scott and Caroline, who were nine and six, respectively, when she died...
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Zodiac Sign |
Virgo
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
American
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High School |
Marian High School, Framingham, MA (1966)
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University |
Framingham State College, BA History, Framingham State College (1970), MA School Administration, Bowie State College (1978)
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Occupation Text |
Teacher, Astronaut
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Occupation |
Astronaut
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Claim to Fame |
civilian Space Shuttle Challenger explosion victim
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Associated Acts |
Concord High School, NASA
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Sharon Christa McAuliffe (née Corrigan; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire, and one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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