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Born Sharon Christa Corrigan on September 2, 1948 to Edward and Grace, Sharon was the oldest of five children.
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Christa graduated from Marian High School located in Framingham in June 1966
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Christa began her history degree at Framingham State College.
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Christa graduated from Framingham State College in 1970.
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Once she moved to Maryland, Christa would soon marry Steve McAuliffe.
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Christa married Steve McAuliffe after college.
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Christa's first teaching job was teaching American history at Benjamin Foulois Junior High School in Morningside, Maryland.
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Christa started a graduate course in education supervision and administration at Bowie State University in 1971.
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Christa taught History and Civics at Thomas Johnson Middle school for seven years in Lanham, MD.
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On September 1st 1976, Christa's son Scott was born.
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In June of 1978 Christa McAuliffe got a masters degree in education from Bowie State University
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In 1978 Christa moved to Concord, New Hampshire wth her family.
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August 24 1979, Christa McAuliffe's daughter Caroline was born.
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In 1978 she began teaching in New Hampshire and began at Rundlett Junior Highschool in Concord, and transferred to Bow memorial school in Bow.
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In November 1984 President Ronald Regan announced the Teacher In Space Project.
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February 1st, 1985 Christa McAuliffe filed an application for the space program.
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In June 1985 Christa was a semi finalist for the space program along with 113 other teachers.
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Christ McAuliffe was awarded the assignment of 1st teacher in space by NASA Space flight evaluation commitee.
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Christa went home and recieved commendations from her town and state. The National Education Association also commended Christa on her assignment to be the first teacher in space.
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On September 9, 1985 Christa McAuliffe begins astronaut training for mission 51-L. They were going to deploy a communications satellite and use a machine to study Halley's Comet's tail.
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Because teaching was so important to her, Christa made two lessons to be broadcast from space.
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January 22 ws the original launch date. It was rescheduled because of weather problems.
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The launch date was rescheduled again for "other" problems.
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Launch date rescheduled for mechanical problems.
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January 28 was the final launch date. 74 seconds after launch the fuel tanks exploded and eveyone on board died.
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Christa McAuliffe's remains returned to New Hampshire for burial.
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Christa and the Challenger crew were awarded with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Geroge W. Bush on July 23, 2004.
