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PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, August 21, 2008 Source: Ames Research Center - Comments MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA's next space shuttle mission has a San Francisco Bay Area connection. NASA Astronaut Megan McArthur graduated from St. Francis High School in Mountain View, Calif., and considers California to be her home state. Her parents, Don and Kit McArthur, reside in San Jose, Calif. McArthur was selected as a mission specialist by NASA in July 2000 and will operate the robotic arm for all of the extravehicular activities during the 11-day STS-125 space shuttle Atlantis mission, targeted for launch Oct. 8, 2008. "For a number of years, we lived at Moffett Field Naval Air Station, which is also where the Ames Research Center is," said McArthur. "We used to see astronauts come out there to do some of their training."... [read full story]
