Space shuttle just launched; NEXT one has a West Seattleite

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(today’s shuttle launch, clip from MSNBC.com added 5:59 pm)
Just watched the liftoff of shuttle Discovery, headed for the International Space Station (check out NASA’s website for all the latest, including live audio and video from the mission as of this writing). In case you’ve been wondering — West Seattle High School alum Gregory Johnson (photo at right) is still waiting to go up – we reported back in August on the announcement that he would pilot the next mission of shuttle Atlantis, headed for the Hubble Space Telescope; his mission, STS-125, is currently scheduled for May.

Snow Comments March 16, 2009 (8:21 pm)

So very exciting! Greg graduated with my husband and myself from WSHS. We were invited to view the launch in October and the launch was cancelled. We have rescheduled our flight to be there in May on the 12th – the latest schedule launch date. Congratulations Greg!