There aren’t many people out there who make rocket science look easy. Somehow, Dr. Mae Jemison has done it for almost 30 years with grace and style. Jemison’s claim to fame is being the first African-American woman to enter space during her trip on the Endeavor in 1992. However, her life had an ordinary start […]
(Springfield, VA) — A local astronaut is going back to outer space. Patrick Forrester of Springfield will go on Space Shuttle Discovery’s next journey to the International Space Station. This is Forrester’s third shuttle mission. His first was in 2001 aboard Discovery. During the mission, he took two spacewalks and worked on key robotics equipment. […]
