Follow the Astronauts & Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger on Facebook
by Sherry Stocking Kline
17 April 2010
Look, Ma, No Hands! Dorothy Metcalf Lindenburger
The above photograph was posted on the STS 131 NASA Facebook page. Become a Fan Here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Houston-TX/NASA-Fit-Explorer/79062778725 and you can see all the latest Facebook posts and photographs, some uploaded before launch and some since.
What fun it is to watch and see what’s going on, and think about the work that goes into becoming prepared to make this trip. Just think about all the advancements and inventions that have come about because of the space exploration. If I remember right, even the ubiquitous velcro came about because something was needed to keep things from floating off.
I’m not sure I understand the ramifications of the new billion dollar space program at all, but I do understand that Dottie’s team is one of the last that will be going ‘up’ with our own launches. I’ve not watched enough television to know for sure, but think I heard someone saying on the country radio news station that I listen to that we will be paying another country to take our astronauts into space. What a change!
Here is the NASA website http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts131/index.html where you can read more about the mission and it’s payload! Dottie told me via Facebook e-mail that she would be working with the robotic arm that will move the 18,000 pound cargo onto the space station.
Wouldn’t you just love to be a mouse in the corner when they all get back to Earth!
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Sherry,
Great pictures on FB– far better than when we were huddled around the black & white TV watching space ship lift offs in the 60s. Thanks
Hi Joan! Oh my goodness, I had forgotten how grainy the pictures were and fuzzy till you mentioned that! Did you ever stand outside and watch for the Russian sputnik to go over? I wonder if we could see our astronauts go over if we were outside at the right time?
Weather didn’t allow them to land today, so tomorrow morning is their target, and I’m sure her folks and husband will feel better when she’s back on the ground!
Sherry
Wow! That is so awesome! She is one of my heros and I admire her so much! You’re so lucky that you know her. She seems like the nicest person and I wish she were teaching me earth science this year! It would be so great to meet her! 🙂