# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christa-mcauliffe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:28:17.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christa-mcauliffe"
name: "Christa McAuliffe"
slug: "christa-mcauliffe"
description: "Sharon Christa McAuliffe was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire, who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload specialist."
tagline: "American educator and astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ChristaMcAuliffe_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1948-09-02"
deathDate: "1986-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.56069733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0969691"
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    title: "Christa McAuliffe"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump