20 Quotes by Christa McAuliffe
Christa McAuliffe was an inspiring astronaut who captured the world's imagination as the first private citizen selected to fly aboard the Space Shuttle. Born in 1948, she possessed an unyielding passion for education and served as a dedicated high school teacher before being chosen for the Teacher in Space Project in 1985. Her mission aimed to bring the wonders of space exploration to classrooms across the United States, igniting curiosity and fostering a love for science among students.
Tragically, the Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, leading to the loss of her life and six other crew members. Despite the immense sorrow, her legacy endured, and her commitment to education continued to inspire countless educators and students worldwide. Christa McAuliffe's unwavering dedication to advancing education through space exploration left an indelible mark on history, reminding us of the unyielding spirit of those who dare to reach for the stars.
Christa McAuliffe Quotes
I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries.
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!
Imagine a history teacher making history.
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.
May your future be limited only by your dreams!
What are we doing here? We're reaching for the stars!
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.
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.
Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.
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.
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.
Space is going to be commonplace.
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.
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.
No teacher has ever been better prepared to teach a lesson.
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.
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.
Every shuttle mission's been successful.
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.
If anything, the overriding emotion is gonna just be excitement.
If anything happened, I think my husband would have to deal with that as the time came.
Just as the pioneer travelers of the Conestoga wagon days kept personal journals, I, as a pioneer space traveler, would do the same.
― Christa McAuliffe Quotes
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