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Article: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL ASTRONAUT ALUMNI STAR IN CENTENNIAL AIR, SPACE WEEK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 29, 2009
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MONTEREY, Calif., Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following press release:
By Barbara Honegger, Naval Postgraduate School Public Affairs
One-third of U.S. astronauts are graduates of the Naval Postgraduate School, more than any other graduate university in the world, and a large number returned to their alma mater in August for a Centennial Salute to Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Astronaut Week, part of the university's year-long 100th anniversary celebration, honors the history and heritage of NPS contributions to aviation and space exploration.
Joining former astronaut faculty members National Reconnaissance Office Aerospace Chair retired Navy Capt. Dan Bursch and Space Systems ...