Christa McAuliffe Quotes

I touch the future. I teach.
Christa McAuliffe

Future, Touch, Teach

I told them how excited I would be to go into space and how thrilled I was when Alan Shepard made his historic flight, and when John Kennedy announced on the news that the men had landed safely on the moon, and how jealous I was of those men.
Christa McAuliffe

Men, Jealous, Moon

I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people.
Christa McAuliffe

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.
Christa McAuliffe

Yourself, Far, Reach

Every shuttle mission's been successful.
Christa McAuliffe

Successful, Mission, Shuttle

I have the LIFE magazine of the men walking on the moon.
Christa McAuliffe

Life, Men, Moon

If anything happened, I think my husband would have to deal with that as the time came.
Christa McAuliffe

Time, Husband, Deal

If anything, the overriding emotion is gonna just be excitement.
Christa McAuliffe

Excitement, Emotion, Gonna

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.
Christa McAuliffe

Community, Reflect, Olympics

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.
Christa McAuliffe

Reach for the stars.
Christa McAuliffe

Space is going to be commonplace.
Christa McAuliffe

We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and say, I can't imagine there was a lot of excitement about HER going up!
Christa McAuliffe

Night, Thought, Around

When I'm 60, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and wonder, What really happened that year?
Christa McAuliffe

Year, Wonder, Maybe

If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the space program, then my job's been done.
Christa McAuliffe

Science, Job, Done

I can remember in early elementary school when the Russians launched the first satellite. There was still so much unknown about space. People thought Mars was probably populated.
Christa McAuliffe

School, Thought, Remember

I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies.
Christa McAuliffe

Life, History, Cannot

I was a little concerned with how the crew was going to view me because I didn't know whether this program had been kinda forced down their throats. But they were wonderful.
Christa McAuliffe

Down, Wonderful, Whether

I will go around the space shuttle and give a guided tour of the major areas and describe what is done in each area. This will be called The Ultimate Field Trip.
Christa McAuliffe

Done, Give, Around

I will have a one-hour program called the Mission Watch, where I will describe details of the mission and give additional information about the lessons from space.
Christa McAuliffe

Give, Space, Watch

My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also going to be teaching a class for students on earth about life in space and on the space shuttle and conducting experiments.
Christa McAuliffe

Life, Job, Write

NASA was going to pick a public school teacher to go into space, observe and make a journal about the space flight, and I am a teacher who always dreamed of going up into space.
Christa McAuliffe

Teacher, School, Public

Sometimes when things get kind of frantic, it helps to call my husband Steve, because I think he's got a real good sense of where everything's gonna be in a few years.
Christa McAuliffe

Good, Husband, Real

The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.
Christa McAuliffe

Experience, Travel, Important

The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is neat. Within their lifetime, there will be paying passengers on the shuttle.
Christa McAuliffe

Around, Kids, Within

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Astronaut

Born: September 2, 1948

Died: January 28, 1986

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