October

I met a REAL astronaut!

On Wednesday, October 17, 2007 we got to meet Dr Tracy Caldwell. She flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour to the Space Station. Her mission was August 8-21, 2007.

Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission was the 22nd shuttle flight to the International Space Station. It continued space station construction by delivering a third starboard truss segment. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pag es/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118 /main/index.html

While Tracy was telling us about her adventure, I was drawing a picture of her space shuttle and then when I met her, she signed it for me!

Image above: The STS-118 crew poses for an in-space crew portrait in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Front row, from the left, astronauts Alvin Drew and Barbara R. Morgan, both mission specialists, along with astronaut Scott Kelly, commander. Back row, from the left, astronauts Charlie Hobaugh, pilot, along with astronauts Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio and the Canadian Space Agency's Dave Williams, all mission specialists. Credit: NASA