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Astronaut who piloted space shuttle is honored

Source: Seattle Times

Cape Canaveral : FL : USA | 2 months ago

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Johnson, a Seattle native who piloted the space-shuttle mission in May, remembers looking at Earth and thinking "how fragile it is," he said. "That's not going to remain unless we take care of it." On Saturday, Johnson returned to his roots, speaking at a celebration at Alki Beach, where the city of Seattle...

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