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Topic: NASA Astronauts with Minnesota connections
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JBoe
Member Posts: 960
From: Churchton, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 03-31-2014 04:04 PM
   
Being from Minnesota I was wondering who all in the Astronaut Corps (active and former) call the state their home or are associated with it. I was able to find the Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics (AEM), University of Minnesota that briefly mentions them. The webpage is dated, note that Karen Nyberg is listed as "candidate." |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-31-2014 07:37 PM
I usually verify info from Wikipedia, but since I'm at work and don't have time to find the online version of NASA's astronaut biography booklet, these astronauts were born in Minnesota: - Fairmont: Dale Gardner — STS-8, STS-51-A
- Minneapolis: Robert D. Cabana — STS-41, STS-53, STS-65, STS-88
- Parkers Prairie: Karen L. Nyberg — STS-124, Soyuz TMA-09M
- St. Paul: Duane G. Carey — STS-109,
Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper — STS-115, STS-126
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Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 03-31-2014 08:41 PM
George "Pinky" Nelson was born in Iowa but grew up in Wilmar MN. |
SpaceyInMN
Member Posts: 355
From: Andover, MN
Registered: Dec 2013
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posted 03-31-2014 08:48 PM
While not an astronaut, it should be noted that Robert R. Gilruth was born in Nashwauk, MN, graduated high school in Duluth, and received a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Minnesota. |
JBoe
Member Posts: 960
From: Churchton, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 03-31-2014 09:09 PM
Great! Thanks guys! My first autograph ever was when I was a kid and I wrote to George "Pinky" Nelson. I was featured in the local paper. I was thinking about trying to get the "all Minnesota" astronauts much like the "all Ohio" that Don Thomas shares.  |
Mike Isbell
Member Posts: 551
From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 04-02-2014 12:57 PM
While Deke Slayton was from Wisconsin, he earned his bachelors degree in engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1949. |
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