Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Teacher in Space Project (TISP) was a NASA program announced by Ronald Reagan in 1984 designed to inspire students, honor teachers, and spur interest in mathematics, science, and space exploration. The project would carry teachers into space as Payload Specialists (non-astronaut civilians), who would return to their classrooms to share the experience with their students. NASA cancelled the program in 1990, following the death of its first participant, Christa McAuliffe, in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L) on January 28, 1986. NASA replaced Teachers in Space in 1998 with the Educator Astronaut Project, which required its participants to become astronaut Mission Specialists. The first Educator Astronaut was McAuliffe's backup for the Challenger flight, Barbara Morgan, who was launched aboard the Shuttle Endeavour on August 8, 2007.Teachers In Space was revived as a privately sponsored project in 2005."@en }
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- Teacher_in_Space_Project abstract "The Teacher in Space Project (TISP) was a NASA program announced by Ronald Reagan in 1984 designed to inspire students, honor teachers, and spur interest in mathematics, science, and space exploration. The project would carry teachers into space as Payload Specialists (non-astronaut civilians), who would return to their classrooms to share the experience with their students. NASA cancelled the program in 1990, following the death of its first participant, Christa McAuliffe, in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L) on January 28, 1986. NASA replaced Teachers in Space in 1998 with the Educator Astronaut Project, which required its participants to become astronaut Mission Specialists. The first Educator Astronaut was McAuliffe's backup for the Challenger flight, Barbara Morgan, who was launched aboard the Shuttle Endeavour on August 8, 2007.Teachers In Space was revived as a privately sponsored project in 2005.".