Veteran space shuttle astronaut Barbara R. Morgan will leave NASA in August to become an educator at Idaho's Boise State University.

By Anonymous NASA will send educators to space so that they can use their skills and experiences as classroom teachers to connect space exploration to the classroom.

By Anonymous Teacher-Astronaut's Return to Earth Bittersweet A monumental event happened in August 2007. Barbara R. Morgan blasted off into space to become the first teacher to successfully make the journey.

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