Barbara Morgan

Barbara Morgan
Morgan in 2006
Born
Barbara Radding

(1951-11-28) November 28, 1951 (age 72)
EducationStanford University (BS)
SpouseClay Morgan
Children2
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space
12d 17h 53m
Selection
MissionsSTS-118
Mission insignia

Barbara Radding Morgan (born November 28, 1951) is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She participated in the Teacher in Space program as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. She then trained as a mission specialist, and flew on STS-118 in August 2007. She is the first teacher to have been to space.[1]

  1. ^ "The story of Barbara Morgan, the first teacher in space". PBS NewsHour. January 28, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2021.