Teamwork, communication, and the importance of never giving up are the biggest lessons I learned while visiting the students at Challenger Learning Center of Maine.
New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first civilian brought into space, tragically died aboard the Challenger space shuttle on January 28, 1986.
NASA’s newest batch of astronauts includes a graduate of Caribou High School. 35-year-old Jessica Meir, who currently works at Harvard Medical School, has been chosen to join a team of 4 women and 4 men to begin training for NASA’s future space missions.