Christa McAuliffe to participate in the NASA Teacher in Space Project and was scheduled to become the first teacher in space. As a member of mission STS-51-L, she was planning to conduct experiments and teach two lessons from Space Shuttle "Challenger". On January 28, 1986, the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after launch. After her death, schools and scholarships were named in her honor, and in 2004 she was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Sharon Christa Corrigan was born on September 2, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was the eldest of the five children of accountant Edward Christopher Corrigan
Bob Hohler Bob Hohler Robert T. "Bob" Hohler is an investigative sports reporter for "The Boston Globe" (""The Globe""). He also writes in-depth news stories ("enterprise reporting") for "The Globe". Hohler was "The Globe's" Boston Red Sox beat reporter during their 2004 championship run. Hohler is native of Boston, and a graduate of Suffolk University. He worked at the "Monadnock Ledger", and then at the "Concord Monitor" beginning in 1983. While a columnist at the "Concord Monitor", he wrote the book, "I Touch the Future: The Story of Christa McAuliffe", which describes the life of New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe who died