Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Happy birthday, Space Shuttle astronaut Susan Kilrain!


Susan Leigh Still Kilrain, born October 24, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia, is a veteran of two Space Shuttle flights.  Her first mission was aboard Columbia (STS-83) as pilot in April 1997.  That mission was cut short because of a problem with Fuel Cell #2 and had to land early.

The mission was rescheduled for July 1997 on Columbia (STS-94), when she served as pilot again.  It is the only time in history that two space flights with more than one crew member flew with the exact same crew.


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