 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Sezvo purogiramu yezvikepe zvekufambisa yakawedzera mukutanga kwema1980, NASA yakatanga purogiramu yeVatori vechikamu cheKufamba muNzvimbo kuti vabvumire vagari vasina mabasa esayenzi kana ehurumende kuti vabhururuke. Christa McAuliffe akasarudzwa soMudzidzisi wokutanga muNzvimbo muna July 1985 pakati pevanhu 11 400 vakakumbira. Vanhu 1 700 vakanyorera purogiramu yeJournalist in Space. Purogiramu yeArtist in Space yakafungwa, uye NASA yaikarira kuti pashure penzendo yaMcAuliffe vanhuwo zvavo vaviri kana kuti vatatu pagore vaizobhururuka muchikepe. Pashure pokunge McAuliffe aurayiwa munjodzi yeChallenger muna January 1986, purogiramu dzacho dzakabviswa. Mubatsiri waMcAuliffe, Barbara Morgan, pakupedzisira akawana basa muna 1998 somunhu ane ruzivo rwokufamba muchadenga uye akabhururuka paSTS-118 somunhu aiva nyanzvi yebasa. Purogiramu yechipiri yemutori wenhau ari muchadenga, umo NASA yakabvumira Miles OBrien kubhururuka muchadenga, yakanga yakarongwa kuziviswa muna 2003. Purogiramu iyoyo yakamiswa pashure penjodzi yeColumbiapaSTS-107 uye kusimbisa kwakatevera pakupedza International Space Station vasati vabvisa Space Shuttle. 