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Astronaut from Neb. to speak at UNL
Published Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 01:16 PM
Clayton Anderson
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Ashland native and NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson will speak about his time in space next month at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Anderson will give a presentation on March 14 featuring images from his flights aboard the space shuttles and his five-month stay on the International Space Station. Anderson will be the guest of the University of Nebraska State Museum. Besides his address, he will also take questions from the public. The engagement is one of several Anderson is slated to make in Lincoln and Omaha that weekend to commemorate the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, which marks 400 years since Galileo first turned his telescope to the heavens in 1609. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP-02-28-09 1131CST<


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