Astronaut lands in DeKalb schools

Col. Eric A. Boe, a graduate of Henderson High School, piloted both space shuttles Discovery and Endeavour. He earned a master's degree at Georgia Tech in 1997 and was selected as a NASA pilot in 2000.

By Jaime Sarrio

May 3, 2011

NASA Astronaut and Air Force Col. Eric A. Boe is visiting several schools in the DeKalb this week including Cedar Grove, Druid Hills and Sequoyah middle schools, and Evansdale, Chapel Hill, Fernbank, and Princeton elementary schools. Boe will also speak to the public at 6:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Fernbank Science Center. For more information and updates, visit http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/

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