Science & Space
Teacher’s Resilience: Two Disasters, One Spaceflight
Elementary school teacher Barbara Morgan witnessed the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters but persevered to achieve her dream of flying to space, joining the ISS in 2007.
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Science & Space
Apple II: The First Personal Computer in Orbit
In 1983, an Apple II microcomputer, stripped of its casing and painstakingly modified, became the first personal computer to fly in space aboard the Space Shuttle's STS-9 mission. This pioneering device supported a plant growth experiment, paving the way for modern spaceborne computing.