Porter-area historical tornado activity is near Oklahoma state average. It is 167% greater than the overall U.S. average.
The Space Shuttle program, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011, administered by NASA and officially beginning in 1972.
Paramount to this mission was crew member S. Christa McAuliffe-the first Space Shuttle passenger/observer participating in the NASA Teacher in Space Program (cf. [1]). Ms. McAuliffe would have conducted live educational broadcasts from the Shuttle and transmitted them to classrooms throughout the world.