She participated in a series of high-profile media interviews and spent four months training for the flight with six other crew members, who are also profiled in detail. McAuliffe, a high school social studies instructor in New Hampshire, was picked from more than 11,000 applicants. The “Teacher in Space” program, according to Cook, aimed to revive public interest in the space program and help President Reagan win teachers’ votes in the 1984 election. Journalist Cook ( Ten Innings at Wrigley) delivers a crisp account of the January 1986 Challenger disaster focused on Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher selected to join a space mission.
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