This evening we went to the fantastic Museum of Flight. We were able to quickly tour the various planes and other relics of air and space travel and the museum was very interesting. The highlight of the evening was the dinner and program which was presented by Captain Wendy Lawrence, a four time shuttle astronaut. Her size might have fooled anyone as she almost needed a footstep to get up to the microphone, but her presentation was great. She talked about attending the Naval Academy and her career moving up through the ranks to Captain and from there to astronaut. Having just viewed her photo mounted on the wall of astronaut photos, it was a little surreal. Since she had trained in Star City, Russia with Russian cosmonauts, and spent over 2000 hours on the Mir space station, it was especially interesting to hear her take on the experience. Joe even got to practice a little of his Russian on her.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Museum of Flight
This evening we went to the fantastic Museum of Flight. We were able to quickly tour the various planes and other relics of air and space travel and the museum was very interesting. The highlight of the evening was the dinner and program which was presented by Captain Wendy Lawrence, a four time shuttle astronaut. Her size might have fooled anyone as she almost needed a footstep to get up to the microphone, but her presentation was great. She talked about attending the Naval Academy and her career moving up through the ranks to Captain and from there to astronaut. Having just viewed her photo mounted on the wall of astronaut photos, it was a little surreal. Since she had trained in Star City, Russia with Russian cosmonauts, and spent over 2000 hours on the Mir space station, it was especially interesting to hear her take on the experience. Joe even got to practice a little of his Russian on her.
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