Barbara Morgan
Barbara Morgan | |
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Morgan in 2006 | |
| Born | Barbara Radding November 28, 1951 Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University (BS) |
| Spouse | Clay Morgan |
| Children | 2 |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 12d 17h 53m |
| Selection | |
| Missions | STS-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 Project as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. In 1998, eight years after the Teacher in Space Project had ended, she was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate, training as a mission specialist; astronaut Morgan flew on STS-118 in August 2007. As such, she became the first teacher (by original career) to go into space.