About 30 miles south of Saddle Hill is the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, which is dedicated to the memory of Concord's "Teacher in Space", who perished in 1986 when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff.
This Friday, the new McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center opens. "Shepard" of course is New Hampshire's Alan Shepard, who was the first American in space (and also the first spaceman to hit a golf ball on the moon).
The newly expanded museum will include changing exhibits, and also includes a full scale mockup of Shepard's rocket!
Monday, March 2, 2009
We Travel the Spaceways
