‘HEADING INTO SPACE’

Our own  Hudson Bay High School Teacher and Coach, Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, was named to ride the next Shuttle into space on April 5th.  She taught math and science and coached crossed country at Hudson Bay High.  She left Hudson Bay High School and entered astronaut training in 2004.  Many of our Vancouver families have been  influenced directly or indirectly by Dottie.

The next Shuttle, #STS-131, which will be heading to the International Space Station, will be her first orbital trip, and if all goes according to schedule, will launch on April 5, 2010.  She will be in space for about 13 days and her responsibility as a mission specialist is to operate the robotic arm.  She explained that she has gone through much training involving handling various problems thrown at the crew to see how they would handle them, with the crew’s ultimate goal of safety and decision making.  She says she is really looking forward to the trip, and especially being able to experience the incredible speed and seeing the earth and the heavens from orbit.

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