Home State Honors Christa McAuliffe With Planetarium
The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium was dedicated Thursday as a memorial to the teacher killed in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger and to honor her passion for motivating children to learn.
“This planetarium is more than a memorial to Christa McAuliffe . . . it is more than a planetarium. It is a promise to continue the work she believed in and a promise to fulfill her dream,” NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly said.
About 1,500 people, including some of McAuliffe’s former students and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu, attended the ceremony.
The $2.6-million planetarium is New Hampshire’s official memorial to the 37-year-old Concord High School teacher, who died with six other crew members when the space shuttle exploded in January, 1986.
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