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 ...

Christa McAuliffe statue unveiled in New Hampshire 00:29. CONCORD, N.H. - Decades after she was picked to be America's first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a pioneer - this time as ...

Local News Christa McAuliffe, still pioneering, is first woman with a statue on New Hampshire capitol grounds A crowd surrounds the newly-unveiled statue of Christa McAuliffe at the New Hampshire ...

– 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.

On the anniversary of the 1986 Challenger disaster, revisit Mike Pride's tribute to teacher Christa McAuliffe, who died in the explosion. This story was originally published in the February 10 ...

Three of Christa McAuliffe's former high school students looked back on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster 35 years after they watched the tragedy live on television.

Christa McAuliffe is still a pioneer, decades after she was picked to become America’s first teacher in space. Burlington-Plattsburgh WCAX-TV. Christa McAuliffe, still pioneering, ...

With a poster of NASA's first teacher in space Christa McAuliffe displayed on the wall, teacher Kimberly Bleier instructs her students in one of classrooms where McAuliffe taught at Concord High ...

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 ...