Christa's Challenge: a student's guide to the space shuttle, Concord Monitor special supplement, January 1986/ by The Concord Monitor.

Title:

Christa's Challenge: a student's guide to the space shuttle, Concord Monitor special supplement, January 1986/ by The Concord Monitor.

Author:

Concord Monitor (Concord, NH).

Call Number:

920 M117c

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: Concord Monitor, 1986.

Physical Description:

15 p.: illustrations, some color, 35 cm.

Series Title:

Kathleen Van Der Aue Robert Frost Collection.

Description:

Articles in this special supplement:
1. The Race into Space: a history from Sputnik to men on the moon.
2. Kids ask: Christa McAuliffe answers Concord students questions.
3.Making outerspace commonplace: NASA's goal was to make space travel cheap and routine.
4. Would it work?:the shuttle presented unusual design problems.
5.Getting Ready: Christa's training is part of the challenge.
6. The final hours: t-minus begins two days before launch.
7.Living aloft: Life in space offers the comforts of home, sort of.
8.Zero Gravity: Earth tugs gives way to weightlessness.
9.Mission controlled: Houston sets the schedule and guides the course.
10. Name that astronaut: Christa's crewmates.
11.The pathfindiners: Animals were the unsung space pioneers.
12.Spying on Halley: a special telescope will unravel a comets mystery.
13. Just beyond reach: What the future in space may bring in our lifetime.
14. Bringing space down to earth: Christa will sovle puzzles in her live sessions.
15. Space Camp: a great place for budding astronauts.

Subjects:

Space flight., Challenger (spacecraft).

People:

McAuliffe, Christa, 1948-1986., Eldredge, Beth,, Pride, Mike, 1946-2023,, Horwich, Lee,, Fletcher, Charlotte,, Fensterwald, John,, Hohler, Bob,, Olinger, David,, Jimenez, Ralph,, Pick, Nancy,, Connolly, Ceci,, Stocking, Ben,, Merwin, Jay,

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Credit Line:

Gift of Katherine, Melanie, David, and Daniel French, in honor of their parents, Mary and Arthur French; September 2022;