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
Christa Lehmann couple moved to Lehmann's parents' house in Worms. They earned their living with a tiling business, but also through the black market trade. However, the currency reform put an end to this, a fact with which Christa could hardly arrange, resulting in disputes and brawls with her alcoholic husband, as well as violent clashes with her in-laws. Christa Lehmann entered into short-lived relationships with American occupation soldiers and other men. Karl Franz Lehmann died unexpectedly on September 27, 1952 within a half hour of violent convulsions. The doctor determined the cause of death as peptic ulcer disease, which seemed quite