"Christa" will look at the life of McAuliffe, from her time as a teacher in New Hampshire to selection for the infamous Space Shuttle Challenger mission to her legacy. McAuliffe and the Challenger ...
Terrific titles that transcend the year’s big hype, chosen by 2 avid reviewers. Among them, works about hip-hop and history, an Iranian Embassy hostage-taking, and the Challenger disaster.
McAuliffe was 37 when she was killed, one of the seven crew members aboard the Challenger when the space shuttle broke apart on live TV on Jan. 28, 1986.