Challenger STS-51-L Image Collection
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Date
11-19-1985
Description
Sharon Christa McAuliffe, the Teacher in Space Payload Specialist from Concord, New Hampshire, trains for the STS 51-L mission in the Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS). She is being briefed about the consoles and controls that operate the SMS in JSC's Mission Simulation and Training facility.
Johnson Space Center has cataloged this image as Photo ID: S85-44580.
Subject
McAuliffe, Sharon Christa, 1948-1986, Space Shuttle Program (U.S.), Challenger Expedition, Challenger (Spacecraft), Spaceshuttles -- Safety measures, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Astronauts, Training of.
Document Type
Image
Recommended Citation
NASA, "Christa McAuliffe in the Shuttle Mission Simulator" (2015). Challenger STS-51-L Image Collection. 71.
https://digitalcommons.framingham.edu/challenger_images/71
Keywords
Space Shuttle, NASA, Challenger, STS-51L, space flight, astronauts, Johnson Space Center, STEM education, science and technology policy, aerospace, space program