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wisdom, charity. - William Menninger
Former Air Force
Pilot Second Woman to Command Shuttle
Retired Air Force Col.
Pamela A. Melroy is the second woman to command a space shuttle mission.
NASA photo
10/23/07 Retired Air Force
Col. Pamela A. Melroy will become the second woman to command a NASA space
shuttle flight when Discovery lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on
October 23rd.
The STS-120 flight is the
23rd shuttle mission to the International Space Station, according NASA's
Web site. The mission will launch an Italian-built U.S. multi-port module
for the station. The "Harmony" device will provide attachment points for
European and Japanese laboratory modules.
Melroy, 46, piloted KC-10 tanker planes and tested prototype C-17
transport aircraft in the Air Force. She retired from the military in
February.
In a recent interview, Melroy said she'd always wanted to experience space
travel. "That was my dream; even going into the Air Force, I knew I wanted
to be an astronaut," said Melroy, who was born in Palo Alto, Calif.
Melroy is leading a crew of six other astronauts, including two military
officers, aboard Discovery. She is the second woman to command a shuttle
flight. Air Force Col. Eileen M. Collins became the first woman to command
a shuttle flight aboard the Columbia during mission STS-93 in July 1999.
Collins commanded the Columbia again during shuttle mission STS-114 in
July-August 2005. Collins retired from NASA in May 2006.
Other STS-120 crew members are:
-- Marine Col. George D. Zamka, 45, born in Jersey City, N.J.;
-- Scott E. Parazynski, 46, born in Little Rock, Ark.;
-- Army Col. Douglas H. Wheelock, 47, born in Binghamton, N.Y.;
-- Stephanie D. Wilson, 41, born in Boston;
-- Paolo A. Nespoli, 50, a European Space Agency astronaut who was born in
Milan, Italy; and
-- Daniel M. Tani, 46, born in Ridley Park, Pa.
Another astronaut, Clayton C. Anderson, 48, will return to earth from the
space station aboard shuttle mission STS-120. Tani will replace Anderson
aboard the space station. Tani will return to earth on shuttle mission
STS-122.
Discovery's STS-120 mission is slated to return to the John F. Kennedy
Space Center's shuttle landing site in Florida on Nov. 6.
