Watch Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars

This is an inspirational movie about American teacher Christa McAuliffe, and how her death in the 1986 Challenger disaster profoundly affected her family and the entire country. It chronicles how McAuliffe, as a Social Studies teacher from Concord, New Hampshire, was selected by NASA as their first civilian astronaut. Her humble mission was to make space exploration attainable for children all across the country. She was selected from thousands of submissions due to her story of perseverance amidst the odds she overcame in her life. This is a story that will leave movie goers inspired and wanting to reach for the stars, just as Mrs. McAuliffe did.

Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars is a 2006 documentary with a runtime of 1 hour and 15 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 8.1.