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    NH gov to sign planetarium, memorial bills  Aug 18, 2009
    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch will ceremonially sign a bill renaming the Christa McAuliffe planetarium in Concord the McAuliffe-Shepard Discover Center. Also Monday, he's signing a bill establishing a committee to oversee the design and construction of a memorial for public works employees who died on the job. (Concord Monitor)

    New space museum honors astronauts  Mar 5, 2009
    The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center is four times the size of the original Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, opened in 1990 in honor of the Concord High School teacher who died in the space shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    New center honors NH's McAuliffe and Shepard  Mar 2, 2009
    The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center is four times the size of the original Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, opened in 1990 in honor of the Concord High School teacher who died in the space shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986. With its observatory dome and 92-foot full-scale mockup of the rocket and capsule that carried Shepard into space in 1961, the center, opening March 6, dwarfs the original planetarium. (Concord Monitor)




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