Kids in the News Welcome to Kids in the News for the week of Sept. 2-9.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2002 3:56 AM
NASA will launch Teacher-In-Space astronaut Barbara Morgan to the International Space...
NASA will launch Teacher-In-Space astronaut Barbara Morgan to the International Space Station possibly as early as 2004. The 50-year old Morgan has been training as an Educator Mission Specialist astronaut since 1998. Teacher Christa McAuliffe was the first educator scheduled for a shuttle mission. She and six other astronauts were killed on Jan. 28, 1986, when the space shuttle Challenger was destroyed in a launch explosion. NASA put the flight of citizens -- including teachers and journalists -- on hold following the Challenger disaster. But Morgan, who entered training with McAuliffe and the Challenger crew, continued to train for space in the years following the accident. And she has continued to train with other astronauts for flight aboard the shuttle. That’s Kids in the News. Check back next week.
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