Teachers and Space Flight

Over 11 thousand teachers applied to fly in the s t s 51 l programme. Finalists included everyone from walter cronkite to heraldo ravera. The first launch attempt was to be january 20 second, but that was pushed back a day since s t s 61 c had so much trouble getting off the pad. On the 20 seventh, everything looked like it would be good to go, and for the first time, the count down got far enough that the crew actually drove out to the pad  to strapped into their seats. An hour or so later, however, the countdown had to be stopped due to a problem with the orbitor hatch. Much like the