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Educator Astronaut Project
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<p> The Educator Astronaut Project is a <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> program to educate students and spur excitement in science, technology, engineering, math, and <a href="/facts/Space_exploration/2eKXYVdq">space exploration</a>. It is a successor to the <a href="/facts/Teacher_in_Space_Project/eyUXM8v0">Teacher in Space Project</a> of the 1980s, which NASA cancelled after the death of teacher-astronaut <a href="/facts/Christa_McAuliffe/Fq9xeu1z">Christa McAuliffe</a> in the <a href="/facts/Space_Shuttle_Challenger/K4dGtVCC">Space Shuttle <i>Challenger</i></a> <a href="/facts/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster/HMBh3T7Q">disaster</a> (<a href="/facts/STS-51-L/5zBPndgw">STS-51-L</a>) amid concerns about the risk of sending civilians into space. </p>