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[b]Meet NASA astronaut and California native Tracy Caldwell[/b] Dr. Caldwell will talk about her life as an astronaut, answer audience questions and sign autographs in the Museum's Pavilion of Flight on Tuesday, July 21. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 12 Noon and will be free with paid Museum admission. Event Information: What: Dr. Caldwell will talk about her life as an astronaut, answer audience questions and sign autographs Where: San Diego Air & Space Museum's Pavilion of Flight When: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Time: 9 a.m. to 12 Noon Cost: This event is free with paid Museum admission About Tracy Caldwell: Selected by NASA to become an astronaut in 1998, Caldwell spent over twelve days in space on space shuttle [i]Endeavour[/i] during the STS-118 mission in August 2007. The mission visited the International Space Station and contributed to its ongoing construction. She is also assigned to a future mission to spend six months on the International Space Station as a Flight Engineer. Caldwell was born in Arcadia, CA and received a B.S. in Chemistry from California State University at Fullerton and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California at Davis. Caldwell joins a team of astronauts this baseball season who are returning to their home regions as part of NASA's Hometown Heroes 2009 campaign to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the ISS in orbit and the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing.
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