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Article: New Education Program Salutes Vision of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Mission; Challenger Learning Center and Computer Associates Count on Space Exploration to Boost Math and Science Skills.
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- January 26, 2005
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A new educational program using simulated space exploration was announced today to commemorate the Space Shuttle Challenger Mission STS 51-L that ended tragically on January 28, 1986. The program, entitled e-Mission: Moon, Mars and Beyond, furthers the objectives of the Challenger Learning Center for Space Science Education, which was founded by the families of the Challenger crew to pursue the educational goals of the first "Teacher in Space" mission.
e-Mission: Moon, Mars and Beyond was developed by the Wheeling Jesuit University Challenger Learning Center (CLC), one of 51 CLC sites, and the Erma Ora Byrd Center for Educational Technologies. Designed for ...