Christa McAuliffe probable the O-rings had not provided a proper seal. Barbara Radding Morgan, her backup, became a professional astronaut in January 1998, and flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-118, to the International Space Station, on August 8, 2007, aboard "Endeavour", the orbiter that replaced "Challenger". McAuliffe was buried at Blossom Hill Cemetery in her hometown, Concord. She has since been honored at many events, including the Daytona 500 NASCAR race in 1986. The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord and the Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Center for Education and Teaching Excellence at Framingham State University are named in her memory, as are the
The Second Awakening of Christa Klages Canby, an "acutely observed reflection" by Scott Tobias, and "compelling" by London's "Time Out". A few reviews, however, were more negative. For example, "Chicago Reader" critic Dave Kehr wrote that "the film is very, very dull" and disliked what he saw as the overly serious demeanor of the characters. The Second Awakening of Christa Klages The Second Awakening of Christa Klages () is a 1978 West German drama film directed by Margarethe von Trotta, her debut solo film. Worried about the prospects of her children's day care center and running out of money, Christa Klages, a young mother, robs a