West Seattle High School alum to pilot next shuttle mission

johnson-gc-thumbnail.jpgNASA has chosen a West Seattle High School graduate to pilot the next space-shuttle mission: 54-year-old Gregory C. Johnson, a 1972 WSHS alum per his official online NASA bio. He’ll fly Atlantis to the Hubble Space Telescope this fall; the launch is scheduled for October 8, according to the news release issued today. You can track preparations for the mission on NASA’s website, which notes Johnson and his fellow mission-mates have had to take a training break as Johnson Space Center shut down in advance of Edouard.

2 Replies to "West Seattle High School alum to pilot next shuttle mission"

  • jeannie August 4, 2008 (6:58 pm)

    Congratuation to Gregory! That’s exciting news. Quite an accomplishment.

  • rowboat August 4, 2008 (8:05 pm)

    Yeah! We’re so excited for Greg to be going up after all these years! And, there are four of us alums who have tickets to go and watch the launch in October. Greg’s West Seattle High School classmates are very proud of him!

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