D4K: Barabara Morgan, Educator in Space Video Short
Clip: Special | 7m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Educator Barbara Morgan wanted to go to space. Here is her story.
President Ronald Reagan launched the teacher-in-space program and Barbara Morgan signed up. She wanted to show her students in McCall, Idaho that her classroom could be anywhere, even beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. But tragedy almost derailed her chance. Learn how Morgan became American’s Educator Astronaut and taught us all how to reach for the stars.
Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
The Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation
D4K: Barabara Morgan, Educator in Space Video Short
Clip: Special | 7m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
President Ronald Reagan launched the teacher-in-space program and Barbara Morgan signed up. She wanted to show her students in McCall, Idaho that her classroom could be anywhere, even beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. But tragedy almost derailed her chance. Learn how Morgan became American’s Educator Astronaut and taught us all how to reach for the stars.
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Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
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