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Ronald ReaganBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts, the mission took flight with a teacher on board. Christa McAuliffe, the first educator selected for a new Teacher in Space Project, said in a news conference before the flight that she believed the mission would “open up the idea that space is for everybody.” With the goal of inspiring students to indulge…See the Story
She Was Supposed to Be the First Teacher in Space. 40 Years Later, Her Mission Continues
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Space · IndonesiaAdam Brumm of Griffith University discusses the 67,800-year-old rock art. Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known rock art, a 67,800-year-old hand stencil, in a cave on an island off Sulawesi, Indonesia. The ancient print suggests modern humans were creating symbolic art in that region much earlier than previously known. The finding supports the idea that early humans took a northward route through Sulawesi on their way to Australia.…See the Story
