Just before the first space teacher, Christa McAuliffe, climbed aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, a NASA technician handed her a bright red apple. That apple never made it into space. Children who witnessed the tragic explosion of the Challenger on that cold morning of January 28, 1986, which killed everyone on board, expressed their loss by making a special, wooden memorial apple. Those children convinced NASA to fly their "Space Apple" on the next shuttle flight, STS-26, Space Shuttle Discovery. Photographs & words tell ...
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Just before the first space teacher, Christa McAuliffe, climbed aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, a NASA technician handed her a bright red apple. That apple never made it into space. Children who witnessed the tragic explosion of the Challenger on that cold morning of January 28, 1986, which killed everyone on board, expressed their loss by making a special, wooden memorial apple. Those children convinced NASA to fly their "Space Apple" on the next shuttle flight, STS-26, Space Shuttle Discovery. Photographs & words tell this true story. A great children's book!
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