DEL.ICIO.USUpdated: 9:20 p.m. November 20, 2008
Astronauts from Georgia Tech saluted during game
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Georgia Tech fans were treated to a live feed of space shuttle Endeavour and their alumni crew members on the Bobby Dodd Stadium video board Thursday night. Aboard the spacecraft are three Tech grads, pilot Col. Eric Boe and crew members Lt. Col. Robert “Shane” Kimbrough and Sandra Magnus.
The crowd, already fired up by Tech’s early 3-0 lead over Miami, cheered its approval as the astronauts were saluted between the first and second quarters. Among the Tech faithful at Bobby Dodd Stadium was one fan dressed as an astronaut.
AP / NASA photo
Astronaut Eric Boe, STS-126 pilot, gives a thumbs up as he sits in the pilot’s station on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour.
AP / NASA photo
Astronauts Shane Kimbrough (right) and Sandra Magnus, both STS-126 mission specialists, work with their shuttle launch and entry suits. Kimbrough is from Cobb County and Magnus received her Ph.D. from Georgia Tech.
Earlier in the evening, the shuttle, docked with the international space station, passed over Atlanta at about 6:10, the school said. The station was visible as a moving star-like light in the sky.
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