US first astronaut teacher Barbara Morgan writes letter to China's first space teacher Wang Yaping

[SamuelB]

Graphics shows a letter to Wang Yaping, astronaut on China's Shenzhou-10 spacecraft, from the first astronaut teacher Barbara Morgan written in Los Angeles, the United States, on June 13, 2013. Photo: Xinhua

While China's first space teacher Wang Yaping is orbiting the earth, Barbara Morgan, the world's first astronaut who ever taught in space, was signing her name on a letter to greet the Chinese newcomer.

"I wish you could see smiles on my face, I am just really, really happy," Morgan told Xinhua via telephone when she was asked to comment on the launch of China's Shenzhou-10 spacecraft.

To Morgan, distance cannot separate Americans and Chinese, and teaching seems to have no boundary. "All over the world, we are really very exited," Morgan said.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/788996.shtml#.UbyrDOf0GVo

[Trajan]

1. I guess Christa McAuliffe doesn't count?

Oh yeah ... She was a teacher in space who just pretended to be an astronaut ...

Plus; she's dead anyways ... it's like she never existed ... apparently ...

[longship]

2. First teacher astronaut never made it to space.

It's a sad affair, but that's the way it ended up.

I think what the article says, and what the title says, are two different things. Often the title is chosen by an editor, not the author. That can have unintended negative results, as may be the case here.

The article clearly states, "world's first astronaut who ever taught in space".

This is an editor fail!