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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 17:27:38 UTC Robert McNees

   Teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe was born #OTD in 1948. Selected as the first American civilian to go into space, she was one of the seven crew members onboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was lost in 1986.

   Image: NASA

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 17:29:04 UTC Robert McNees

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     (Imo, “civilian” in this context refers to folks without a military background or similar.)

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 17:35:26 UTC Robert McNees

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     • llewelly

     @llewelly idk, just assumed it was one of the vomit comets!

   • llewelly (llewelly@sauropods.win)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 17:35:27 UTC llewelly

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     @mcnees
     was this photo taken on a nasa-operated KC-135 ("Weightless Wonder IV", or the other one whose name I don't know?)