STS-118 to regulate, monitor, and shut them down in case of trouble; the new system extends and improves the monitoring capability for increased safety.) "Endeavour" also received several systems that the other orbiters had already been equipped with, such as a glass cockpit, improved wing leading-edge sensors and the OBSS. STS-118 included mission specialist Barbara Morgan, the first Mission Specialist Educator. Morgan trained as the backup to Christa McAuliffe, NASA's Teacher in Space candidate from 1985 to 1986. McAuliffe was killed in the space shuttle "Challenger" accident on 28 January 1986. While McAuliffe and Morgan were classified as spaceflight participants and
Michael Francis McAuliffe at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Jefferson City. His motto was "In Truth and Charity." He died on January 6, 2006. He is buried at Resurrection Cemetery in Jefferson City. Michael Francis McAuliffe Michael Francis McAuliffe was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the second bishop of the Diocese of Jefferson City. Bishop McAuliffe was born on November 22, 1920, in Kansas City, Kansas, the second of six sons of John Joseph McAuliffe and Bridget Agnes (Broderick) McAuliffe. He was ordained a priest at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, on May 31, 1945. Upon