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six astronauts with the help of space

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shuttle discovery on its final flight

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are completing work to the international

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space station designed to put the

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station into the best configuration

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possible for operation beyond the

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mission commander steve lindsey a

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retired air force colonel has flown on

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four previous space flights he was the

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pilot on missions sts-87 in 1997 and

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sts-95 in 1998. in 2001 sts-104 was his

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first mission as commander and he also

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commanded the sts-121 return to flight

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mission in 2006.

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lindsay was serving as nasa's chief

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astronaut when he was assigned to

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sts-133

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while growing up in the los angeles

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suburb of temple city california lindsay

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developed a passion for engineering and

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for flying i pretty much decided early

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into high school that i kind of wanted

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to be an engineer but the other thing i

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really want to do is i wanted to be a

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pilot and i got to thinking about

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what can i do that will allow me to

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pursue both of those things

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he got his answer while visiting the air

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force academy in colorado springs

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in 1982 lindsey earned a bachelor's

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degree from the academy in engineering

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sciences he went on to become a fighter

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pilot and flight instructor he then

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earned a masters in aeronautical

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engineering from the air force institute

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of technology and became an experimental

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test pilot

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i got i got through that process been a

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test pilot for several years and uh

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realized and kind of wasn't shooting

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this way but kind of realized that well

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you know

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if if i were to apply to the astronaut

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program an astronaut's job is very

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similar to this

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you know you combine flying and

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technology and science and engineering

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all of those things together lindsay

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applied to the astronaut corps and was

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the pilot on the crew is air force

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colonel eric bowe who is making his

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second space flight

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in 2008 beau was the pilot on the

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sts-126 mission that delivered supplies

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and amenities to the international space

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station needed to sustain a six-person

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crew

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beau says some of his most vivid

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memories from that flight are of gazing

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down at the earth you can really see

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that the earth is alive and also you

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kind of get an appreciation for how how

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big the earth is and at the same time

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how small we are as compared to the rest

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of the universe as you're orbiting the

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beau who grew up in chamblee georgia

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just outside of atlanta says watching tv

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coverage of astronauts walk on the moon

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instilled a desire in him to become an

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astronaut i thought about you know what

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a neat endeavor that

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humans had participated actually walk on

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something that you look at

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oftentimes in the night sky and so that

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was kind of set the bit of something you

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know maybe if i was lucky enough and had

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the opportunity i'd like to be an

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astronaut after high school beau

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attended the air force academy where he

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earned a bachelor's in aeronautical

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engineering he spent several years as a

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fighter pilot and instructor before

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completing work for a masters in

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electrical engineering at georgia tech

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beau was serving as a test pilot at

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eglin air force base in florida when

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air force colonel alvin drew is one of

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the two space walkers on the crew

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sts-133 is his second trip to space

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during the sts-118 mission to the space

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station in 2007 he witnessed a rare

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sight from a space shuttle window at

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that moment

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earth and i don't think very many

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astronauts get a chance to see any other

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body besides maybe the hubble or the

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space station but just some other random

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and that was when i thought was we're

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not in kansas anymore

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in the first grade the washington d.c

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native remembers being faced with a bit

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of a dilemma after watching the launch

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of an apollo mission at school i went

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home you know

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very troubled asked my dad and says

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what should i do can i should i be an

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astronaut or should i be a pilot he goes

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you can do both those things all these

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astronauts have been pilots

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after high school drew attended the air

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force academy graduating with bachelor's

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degrees in physics and astronautical

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engineering he went on to fly helicopter

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combat missions in panama the persian

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gulf and iraq as a member of the air

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force special operations command

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aircraft drew became a test pilot

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drew also has master's degrees in

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university and strategic studies in

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political science from the united states

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air force air university he was selected

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u.s army colonel tim copra is the other

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the native of austin texas is making his

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first trip back to the international

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crew in 2009 i think that

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one of the things i'm looking forward to

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the most is seeing the cupola

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observing the planet and uh and space

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added because it's even bigger than the

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last time we were there

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like most other kids who watched apollo

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astronauts walk on the moon kopra

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developed a fascination with space

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military academy at west point where he

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earned a bachelor of science degree

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it was during his time at west point

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that coper realized that his dream of

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becoming an astronaut wasn't so far

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fetched because there were several

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people who had graduated from west point

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from this unrealistic childhood goal to

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something that was clearly tangible and

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possible if you work really hard

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helicopters in germany and in operations

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desert shield and desert storm he went

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on to earn a master of science in

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and completed training at the navy test

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copra who also holds a masters in

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strategic studies from the u.s army war

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center as a vehicle test integration

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engineer in 1998 he was selected as an

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mission specialist dr mike barrett is

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the second of three former space station

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in 2009 barrett spent about 199 days on

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board iss with expeditions 19 and 20. as

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my flight experience was like a dream

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personally look at my own adaptation

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process both physiologic what the body

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does in response to zero gravity and

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perform well in zero gravity and then i

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barrett grew up in camas washington a

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farming community that sits along the

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columbia river near vancouver it was an

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area that helped him develop a number of

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i wanted to be a marine biologist at one

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time an astronomer an archaeologist and

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university of washington my focus was

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late during my undergrad years i started

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getting interested in space and the more

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i went through medical school i realized

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that space is a field that puts so many

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things together that that i love

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after finishing medical school at

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northwestern university barrett stayed

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in chicago for residencies at

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northwestern and at lakeside veterans

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he then completed the aerospace medicine

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program at wright state university near

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dayton ohio

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barrett came to the johnson space center

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in 1991 as a project physician for space

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he became a nasa flight surgeon the

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following year and was selected as an

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nicole stott is the third member of

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discovery's crew who has completed a

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long duration space mission from august

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to november of 2009 stott was an iss

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flight engineer for the expeditions 20

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stott was born in albany new york but

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grew up in clearwater florida in a

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family that loved aviation you know my

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dad had a real passion for flying that

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he shared with us as a family and he

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built a couple airplanes small

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aerobatic airplanes that started in our

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garage and then would move to the

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airport it got in my blood there and

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after high school scott earned her

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pilot's license by completing the

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program at st petersburg college

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she later earned a bachelor's degree in

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aeronautical engineering from embry

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riddle university then applied for a job

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at nasa but the agency was in a hiring

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freeze at that time so stop took a job

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at pratt and whitney as a structural

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design engineer

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again and stott landed a job as an

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operations engineer at the kennedy space

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center's orbiter processing facility

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and had just a fantastic experience

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there i mean you are right there you

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an orbiter above you and the opportunity

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to get in the crew module or you know

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work inside the payload bay

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and working

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every aspect of processing from landing

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to launch in 1992 stott earned a

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master's degree in engineering

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management at the university of central

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florida then in 1998 she came to the

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johnson space center to work as a flight

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simulation engineer on the shuttle