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Teacher In Space (1984)

Published: Aug. 29, 2021, 12:44 p.m.

It\u2019s August 29th. This day in 1984, NASA and the Reagan administration announced a \u201cTeacher in Space\u201d program intended to find one American teacher who would join a shuttle mission.

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Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss the program to reinvigorate interest in space travel, some of the criticism it received \u2014 and the tragic conclusion two years later with the Challenger explosion.

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Our team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Julie Shapiro, Executive Producer at Radiotopia