Ovarian Cysts and Tumors Ovarian masses or neoplasms can be cystic or solid. A cyst is fluid-filled and a tumor or âmassâ is solid.
Christa McAuliffe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 2, 1948. A high school teacher, she made history when she became the first American civilian selected to go into space in 1985. On January 28, 1986, McAuliffe boarded the Challenger space shuttle in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The explosion of the Challenger shuttle put a hold on applicants, but in 1987, she became one of the fifteen candidates selected out of more than 2,000 people. After a year of training, she became the first female African American astronaut. [ Infographic: NASA's Space Shuttle â From Top to Bottom ].