Christa McAuliffe

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astronaut human spaceflight participant teacher

Christa McAuliffe was an American teacher selected as the first private citizen to fly in space, who tragically died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

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Label Occurrences
Christa McAuliffe canonical 30
SS Christa McAuliffe 1
Sharon Christa McAuliffe 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronaut ⓘ
human ⓘ
spaceflight participant ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
awardReceived Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ
causeOfDeath Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ
child Caroline McAuliffe ⓘ
Scott McAuliffe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1948-09-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1986-01-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Bowie State College ⓘ
Framingham State University ⓘ
surface form: Framingham State College
employer Concord High School ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish American ⓘ
surface form: Irish Americans
familyName McAuliffe ⓘ
fieldOfWork education ⓘ
history education ⓘ
givenName Christa ⓘ
Sharon ⓘ
heritage Irish-American ⓘ
honorificEponym Christa McAuliffe Middle School ⓘ
Christa McAuliffe Planetarium ⓘ
Christa McAuliffe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SS Christa McAuliffe
mannerOfDeath accident ⓘ
memberOf Teacher in Space Project ⓘ
surface form: NASA Teacher in Space Project
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor being the first private citizen selected to fly in space ⓘ
dying in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ
occupation astronaut ⓘ
social studies teacher ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
participantIn STS-51L ⓘ
surface form: STS-51-L

Teacher in Space Project ⓘ
partOf crew of Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath off the coast of Florida ⓘ
over Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Concord, New Hampshire ⓘ
selectedAsAstronaut 1985 ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spaceMission STS-51L ⓘ
surface form: STS-51-L
spouse Steven McAuliffe ⓘ
subjectOf The Challenger (TV movie) ⓘ
workLocation Concord, New Hampshire ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster → crewMember → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial → commemorates → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
STS-51L → crewMember → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
STS-51L → payloadSpecialist → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
STS-51L → crewFatality → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Christa McAuliffe → honorificEponym → Christa McAuliffe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS Christa McAuliffe
Congressional Space Medal of Honor → awardedTo → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
OV-099 → notableCrewMember → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Teacher in Space Project → selectedParticipant → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Teacher in Space Project → notableParticipant → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Challenger Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery → dedicatedTo → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Christa McAuliffe Middle School → namedAfter → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Christa McAuliffe Middle School → commemorates → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Christa McAuliffe Middle School → hasPatron → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Christa McAuliffe Middle School → hasNamesakeFullName → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sharon Christa McAuliffe
Concord High School → notableStaff → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Scott McAuliffe → childOf → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Scott McAuliffe → hasMother → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Scott McAuliffe → notableRelative → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Sharon → hasHonorificName → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
subject surface form: Sharon Christa McAuliffe
McAuliffe → hasNotableBearer → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Steven McAuliffe → spouse → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Christa McAuliffe Planetarium → namedAfter → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Christa McAuliffe Planetarium → commemorates → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
The Challenger (TV movie) → mainSubject → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
The Challenger (TV movie) → portrays → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Caroline McAuliffe → childOf → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Caroline McAuliffe → hasMother → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
Caroline McAuliffe → notableRelative → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
STS-51-L → payloadSpecialist → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
STS-51-L → crewMember → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ
STS-51-L → teacherInSpaceParticipant → Christa McAuliffe ⓘ