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Journalist in Space Project
Duration1985–1986
GoalsTo inform the public about spaceflight
AchievedPostponed indefinitely after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
OrganizerNASA
Related programsTeacher in Space Project

The Journalist in Space Project was a NASA program designed to inform the public about spaceflight. Journalists would have flown in space on NASA's Space Shuttle. Some forty finalists were selected from over 1,700 applications, but the project was postponed indefinitely after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.

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