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[i]A Eugene native soared into space and took the heart of one local elementary school along for the ride. Stan Love sat in the middeck of the shuttle Atlantis, while students from his former elementary school watched from seats in their gymnasium. Love's afternoon launch was a success, even after forecasters predicted weather conditions wouldn't be in NASA's favor. A little piece of each of student is traveling with Love while he orbits. Last year, Love contacted Crest Drive Elementary School and invited them to send a memento he could take with him on the mission. The kids created a flag with their pictures on it. "I thought it was exciting, and I'm happy that a picture of me is going to go up in space," said 10-year-old Hannah Moyer.[/i]
[i]I sent an e-mail to the principal a few months ago, saying 'Hey, I get to fly in space and I get to take a few officially sanctioned items usually from schools and institutions I've worked with, and would you like to send something?' and he just about fell all over himself. I guess one of the students' dads can make these big thin silk banners with images on them. So he made this big banner, three by five feet with photographs of every child in the elementary school and that's going in my OFK. I hope I will have a chance to go back to Eugene and hand it back to the school in-person. I think they will get a kick out of that.[/i]
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