The man in the feathered suit, Caroll Spinney, tells how Big Bird saved him suicide - and more stunning stories from "Sesame Street." (Left) Everett Collection, (right) Ron Asadorian Throughout ...

Big Bird's costume is more than eight feet tall, and it was simply too big to fit on the Challenger shuttle. Tragically, high school teacher and trained payload specialist Christa McAuliffe took ...