A collection of stories tagged 'christa mcauliffe' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:55:59 EST Clay Morgan's wife, Barbara, is the first teacher in space. She was the back-up to Christa McAuliffe, who would have had the honor but was killed in the 1986 Challenger explosion. Barbara Morgan is now aboard the Endeavour. Her husband discusses the historic flight. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38043 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12679268 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:45:00 EDT NASA pumped more than 500,000 gallons of fuel into the space shuttle Endeavour's tank Wednesday, ahead of its 6:36 p.m. ET liftoff. With good weather forecast for the launch, the two-decade wait for teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan may soon be over. Morgan was Christa McAuliffe's backup when Challenger blew up shortly after liftoff in 1986. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/37964 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12596313 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:47:00 EDT As NASA prepares to for Wednesday's shuttle launch, many people are remembering the Challenger disaster which killed seven people, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Barbara Morgan trained as McAuliffe's backup, and Wednesday she'll be on board the space shuttle. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/37916 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12562174 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:31:00 EDT