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.

Quote by Christa McAuliffe

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It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community...

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community...

My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also...

My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also...

The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is...

The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is...

We haven't sat down with Scott and Caroline and said, Now you realize that there's...

We haven't sat down with Scott and Caroline and said, Now you realize that there's...

Reach for the stars.

Reach for the stars.

NASA was going to pick a public school teacher to go into space, observe and...

NASA was going to pick a public school teacher to go into space, observe and...

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

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

I will go around the space shuttle and give a guided tour of the major...

I will go around the space shuttle and give a guided tour of the major...

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

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

Space is going to be commonplace.

Space is going to be commonplace.

I will have a one-hour program called the Mission Watch, where I will describe details...

I will have a one-hour program called the Mission Watch, where I will describe details...

I told them how excited I would be to go into space and how thrilled...

I told them how excited I would be to go into space and how thrilled...

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.

When I'm 60, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and wonder, What really...

When I'm 60, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and wonder, What really...

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

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

I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this...

I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this...

We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and...

We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and...

I touch the future. I teach.

I touch the future. I teach.

The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the...

The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the...

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

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