Christa McAuliffe was always concerned that she wasn't accepted by the "real" astronauts of the STS-57L mission, but following a feeling out period, she was befriended by each one of them. Judy Resnik, one of the most outspoken astronauts against the payload specialist position in general and the Teacher in Space "PR Campaign" in general, became her mentor and good friend. Commander Dick Scobee made sure both McAuliffe and Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis were always included in crew training and activities.
(Seated, Left to Right: Mike Smith, Dick Scobee, Ron McNair. Standing, Left to Right: El Onizuka, Chrisa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, Judy Resnik)
Teacher in Space runner up, Barbara Morgan (far right), served as McAuliffe's understudy and was also included in much of the training and other crew activities.
The STS-51L mission patch included a symbolic apple after McAuliffe's name
NASA's crawler, the largest land vehicle ever built, bringing Challener and it's shuttle stack to launch pad 39B in January 1986.
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