NASA Indiana Resident Returns and Gives Speeches
03.12.09Filed Under: ECI News
Kevin A. Ford, who is a NASA astronaut returned to Blackford County on Monday, full of thrilling adventures about recently going to space which he shared with students at the very buildings where he obtained his education while in elementary, junior high and high school. He was the pilot for Space Shuttle Mission STS-128 to the International Space Station. Ford spoke earlier in the day to students at Blackford High School, from where he graduated in 1978. He also made a presentation in a public forum in Montpelier during the evening.
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