NASA has replaced a crew member assigned to space shuttle
mission STS-126. Astronaut Donald R. Pettit will take the
place of astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham (pictured below), who has
left NASA to accept a position in the private sector. The mission
is targeted to launch in September 2008 and will deliver equipment
to the International Space Station enabling larger crews to reside
aboard the complex.
NASA will honor New Mexico and North Carolina at the upcoming
launch of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-122 mission, currently
targeted for December 6 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in
Florida.
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