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Friday, August 10, 2007

By Martin Merzer and Phil Long
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)


Astronaut Barbara R. Morgan, STS-118 mission specialist,
smiles for the camera while working on the middeck of
Space Shuttle Endeavour during flight day two activities.

NASA photo
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It took 21 years, but NASA finally redeemed the promise of shuttle Challenger and its lost crew Wednesday evening:

Teacher Barbara Morgan accompanied six astronauts on a field trip that took them 140 miles from home — straight up. They soared into orbit aboard shuttle Endeavour, relaunching the nation's educator-in-space program.