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	Space Today Online - Barbara Morgan Teacher Astronaut
		Morgan is a native of Fresno, California, born November 28, 1951.
		Morgan was graduated with honors at Stanford University in 1974, and began teaching at Arlee Elementary School on Montana's Flathead Indian Reservation, where she taught remedial reading and math.
		Morgan, who will be in her 50s or older at the time of her flight, is married and the mother of two sons.
	www.spacetoday.org /Astronauts/BarbaraMorganTeacherAstronaut.html (631 words)

	Faces of Modern Dance: Barbara Morgan Photographs
		Barbara Morgan (1900-1992) was trained as a painter at UCLA in the 1920s and, from the beginning, was inclined to explore the rhythmic motions of her subjects.
		Morgan had experienced the ritual dances of Native Americans in the Southwest during her travels in the 1920s with her husband Willard Morgan, a writer-photographer and the first curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
		Morgan’s Rain Dancers captures the energy of six masked costumed figures in full motion, and reveals her keen eye for motion and her ability to translate the energy of the dancers to a two dimensional form.
	www.marquette.edu /haggerty/exhibitions/past/morgan2004.html (4264 words)

	Barbara Morgan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Morgan was selected as the backup candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space Project on July 19, 1985.
		Morgan is assigned to the crew of STS-118, an assembly mission to the International Space Station.
		Morgan was portrayed by Mary Chris Wall in the controversial 1990 TV movie Challenger.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barbara_Morgan (443 words)

	Museum of Contemporary Photography: Morgan, Barbara
		Early in her career as a photographer, Barbara Morgan arrived in New York in the mid-1930s, just as dancer Martha Graham was beginning to establish her importance in modern dance.
		Morgan began photographing Graham and her company in 1935 in the controlled setting of her studio, each picture designed to capture “the most profound and most crucial moment” of the dance.
		Barbara Brooks Morgan was born on July 8, 1900 in Buffalo, Kansas.
	www.mocp.org /collections/permanent/morgan_barbara.php (525 words)

	CNN.com - Teacher to visit space station in 2003 - Dec. 17, 2002
		Barbara Morgan has been assigned as a crewmember on a space shuttle flight set to launch in November 2003, NASA announced Thursday.
		Morgan, 51, was first selected for the astronaut program in 1985 as the alternate to Christa McAuliffe, who died with six other astronauts when the shuttle Challenger exploded in January 1986.
		Morgan returned to teaching after the Challenger accident, but she continued to work with the space agency on educational programs.
	www.cnn.com /2002/TECH/space/12/12/shuttle.teacher/index.html (357 words)

	Barbara Morgan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Barbara R. Morgan (November 28, 1951 -) is the first NASA Educator Astronaut, scheduledto fly on STS-118.
		Morgan trained to fly onthe ill-fated STS-51-L mission of Space Shuttle Challenger as backup to Christa McAuliffe and has remained involved in the space program since then.
		Morgan began her teaching career in 1974 on the Flathead Indian Reservation at Arlee Elementary School in Arlee, Montana,where she taught remedial reading and math.
	www.therfcc.org /barbara-morgan-212895.html (380 words)

	CNN.com - Grounded teacher-astronaut determined to carry on - Nov. 7, 2003
		Morgan, who is helping with the teacher selection, insists she hasn't had a single second thought about flying in space since the Columbia tragedy.
		When Morgan finally was invited to join NASA in 1998, she moved from McCall, Idaho, to Houston, and four years of training passed before she was assigned to a space station construction mission.
		Morgan realizes that when she flies -- perhaps in 2005 or 2006 _ she'll be regarded by the public as a teacher, not an astronaut.
	www.cnn.com /2003/TECH/space/11/07/sprj.colu.astronaut.interview.ap (1330 words)

	CNN - Barbara Morgan looks forward to becoming 'educator-astronaut' - January 20, 1998
		Morgan, 46, learned last week that she will be trained as a mission specialist and can expect to join a shuttle crew in a few years.
		Morgan said she looks forward to being the first "mission specialist educator" in space but that she will consider herself a teacher first.
		Morgan will enter the yearlong mission specialist training course at the Johnson Space Center in Houston this summer and is expected to join a shuttle crew about two years later.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/9801/20/space.teacher (694 words)

	Barbara Morgan Receives Prestigious Aerospace Award
		NASA's first Educator Astronaut, NSTA member Barbara Morgan, will be honored today with a prestigious award from Women in Aerospace (WIA), a Washington-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in aerospace and related careers and recognizing achievements of outstanding women in aerospace.
		Morgan will receive the Aerospace Educator Award for her "pioneering work in integrating space research with classroom education." Currently assigned as a crew member on the STS-118 mission, Morgan was selected in 1985 as the backup candidate for NASA's Teacher in Space program.
		Morgan and five other honorees were chosen by a WIA review committee from hundreds of nominations in an open solicitation.
	www.nsta.org /main/news/stories/education_story.php?news_story_ID=48601 (338 words)

	Barbara Morgan's first day in space \| KTVB.COM \| Boise, Idaho News, Weather, Sports, Video, Traffic & Events \| IDAHO ...
		Morgan was fulfilling the space program's quest to send an educator into space - a dream that could have died in 1986 with the Challenger explosion that killed teacher Christa McAuliffe and six astronauts.
		Morgan and the shuttle crew were spending much of Thursday checking for possible damage from debris shaken loose during the launch.
		Morgan was set later in the day to operate the robotic arm during part of the inspection process.
	www.ktvb.com /perl/common/rssredir.pl?page=http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-aug0907-space_shuttle.1a2e775b.html (700 words)

	The Barbara Page - Some Famous Barbaras
		Barbara Cooney Porter, born 8/6/1917 in Brooklyn, New York, died in March 2000 in Portland, Maine; a Caldecott Medal winner for the best American illustrated children's books, 1959 "Chanticleer and the Fox" and 1980 "Ox-Cart Man;" here is another webpage about her.
		Barbara Hutton, born 1912 in New York City, New York, died 1979; granddaughter and heiress of five-and-dime-store magnate Frank W. Woolworth, who lived the life of a fairy-tale princess, was married seven times and died almost a pauper.
		Barbara Strozzi born 8/6/1619; a Venetian composer, one of the better-known female composers of the Baroque period.
	www.geocities.com /soakbear/barbara5.htm (1369 words)

	Barbara Morgan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sts-51-l was the 25th launch of a space shuttle and the tenth launch of the challenger....
		Morgan began her teaching career in 1974 on the Flathead Indian Reservation at Arlee Elementary School in Arlee, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Morgan is assigned to the crew of STS-118, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/barbara_morgan.htm (893 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| Breaking News \| Morgan accepts risk; ready for flight
		Morgan, McAuliffe's backup in the original Teacher in Space program and now a full-fledged astronaut, has been assigned to shuttle mission STS-118, a space station assembly flight that will be commanded by veteran shuttle pilot Scott Kelly.
		During an interview with CBS News earlier today, Morgan said she was "very excited" by the assignment and looking forward to expanding the role of education in spaceflight.
		Morgan is the first of a new breed of "educator astronauts" trained as mission specialists and charged with promoting education through spaceflight.
	www.spaceflightnow.com /news/n0212/12morgan (889 words)

	A Teacher in Space
		Morgan's flight represents the first of what is expected to be many flights as part of a new Educator Astronaut program, which will be unveiled in early 2003.
		Morgan's assigned mission, STS-118, has two primary objectives: the installation of additional truss segments that will increase power and communications to the International Space Station and the delivery of additional supplies for the Station's crew.
		Morgan will participate in a number of educational events from space and be actively involved in the flight as a fully trained NASA astronaut.
	science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2002/12dec_teacher.htm (576 words)

	Education World ® Schoool Issues: Wire Side Chats: Barbara Morgan: Always a Teacher!
		Following the accident, Barbara Morgan returned to her third-grade classroom in McCall, Idaho, where she continued to teach and to work as NASA's Teacher in Space designee.
		Morgan: The only thing that's really difficult is that there's so much to learn, and it's so exciting, and you want to learn it all, and do it well.
		Morgan: I feel that the most important contribution is simply doing the best job I can to represent teachers and education well and to be a team member who helps make a mission successful -- whether it's a shuttle or a station mission or my daily technical job.
	www.educationworld.com /a_issues/chat/chat014.shtml (2209 words)

	CANOE -- CNEWS - Space: Barbara Morgan ready to blast off (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		After the Challenger accident, Morgan returned to teaching grade school students in Idaho, but NASA asked her to stay on as the teacher-in-space designee.
		The agency chose the latter, and in 1998 Morgan was asked to become a full-fledged astronaut.
		Morgan’s duties during the Endeavour mission will include helping move 5,000 pounds of cargo from the shuttle to the space station and relocating a stowage platform using the shuttle’s robotic arm.
	cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Space/2007/08/03/4401614-ap.html (1030 words)

	Educator Astronaut Barbara Morgan To Fly to Space in 2003
		Morgan, an NSTA member who originally was scheduled to fly sometime in 2004, has been assigned to the 11-day STS 118 mission aboard the space shuttle Columbia, which will lift off from Kennedy Space Center on or around November 13 and head for the International Space Station.
		Morgan will participate in a number of educational events from space, to be aired on television and via the Internet, and she will be actively involved in the flight as a fully trained astronaut.
		Morgan said her lessons will focus on “what kids want to learn” and the science taking place during the mission.
	www.nsta.org /main/news/stories/nsta_story.php?news_story_ID=47690 (483 words)

	USATODAY.com - NASA boss names next teacher in space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Morgan, 50, is a former third-grade teacher from McCall, Idaho, who now lives in Houston where she has trained and worked at the Johnson Space Center since 1998.
		Morgan's mission will be the first of a series of flights in the new Educator Mission Specialist program.
		Morgan was unavailable for comment Friday; she was working in Mission Control during the current space shuttle mission.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2002/04/12/space-teacher.htm (387 words)

	Two Masters: Barbara Morgan and Harry Callahan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Barbara Morgan prints come from her estate, and many are vintage.
		Barbara Morgan (1900-1992) is best known for her wonderful dance photographs from 1930s and 40s, concentrating on the modern dance of Martha Graham and her dance company.
		She was married to Willard Morgan, the founder of Morgan & Morgan, Inc. publishers and the first director of the Photography Department at MOMA.
	www.afterimagegallery.com /morganandcallahan.htm (196 words)

	Astronaut Bio: Barbara Morgan (5/2007)
		From 1978-1979, Morgan taught English and science to third graders at Colegio Americano de Quito in Quito, Ecuador.
		Selected by NASA as a mission specialist in January 1998, Morgan reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1998.
		Morgan is assigned to the crew of STS-118, an assembly mission to the International Space Station.
	www.jsc.nasa.gov /Bios/htmlbios/morgan.html (396 words)

	Barbara Morgan Inspires Convention Attendees to Reach for the Stars
		Barbara Morgan, NASA's first Educator Astronaut, delivered an inspiring and informative presentation on March 29 to science teachers attending NSTA's National Convention in Philadelphia.
		Morgan, an NSTA member, said that despite the 1986 Challenger accident that claimed the life of Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher chosen for space flight, NASA has worked hard "to keep the [Educator Astronaut] program alive."
		Morgan, an Idaho elementary teacher, was originally scheduled to fly in November 2003.
	www.nsta.org /main/news/stories/nsta_story.php?news_story_ID=48103 (469 words)

	Barbara morgan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/barbara_morgan (135 words)

	An Hour With Educator-Astronaut Barbara Morgan \| SpaceRef - Your Space Reference
		Morgan's status as a prospective Shuttle crew member stayed in limbo for nearly a decade and a half after the Challenger accident.
		O'Keefe and Morgan were asked if they felt that there had been a change in children - an their perceptions - such that they were harder to impress today than in the past.
		Barbara Morgan said that typically the teacher population that would be interested would be in the '32-42' year old range.
	www.spaceref.com /news/viewnews.html?id=450 (2159 words)

	Press Release: Craig Meets with Idaho Teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Morgan was selected as the backup candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space Program on July 19, 1985.
		When NASA reactivated the Teacher in Space program in 1998, the agency mandated that Morgan become an astronaut candidate and complete full training before she would be eligible for assignment to a mission.
		Morgan is currently a full-time astronaut based at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
	www.senate.gov /~craig/releases/pr051602b.htm (438 words)

	Photobetty - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Morgan’s 4x5 Speed Graphic images provide an intimate look into the subjects that meant the most to her, particularly her interest in Martha Graham and her dance company.
		I knew that I must be a mother first, and therefore I wouldn’t have time to paint.” When Morgan confided her fears to her husband, he encouraged her towards photography, helped her build a darkroom, and took care of their children at night while she worked.
		Morgan saw a performance by choreographer Martha Graham in 1935 and challenged herself to capture Graham’s movements in photographs.
	www.photobetty.com /barbara_morgan/12.htm (569 words)

	Barbara Morgan photographs, Barbara Morgan photography
		Barbara Morgan was born in Buffalo, Kansas in 1900.
		• Morgan was the recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts grant, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (Marquette University, Milwaukee), elected Fellow of the Philadelphia Musuem of Art and received many top awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Magazine Photographers.
		A photomontage by Barbara Morgan is the end-product of a series of complex decisions beginning with concept.
	www.agallery.com /Pages/photographers/morgan.html (321 words)

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