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Iowa native Lovan Kelly set to pilot Return to Flight shuttle
NASA astronaut James Kelly, from Burlington Iowa, prepares to pilot the Return to Flight shuttle mission. A veteran with 3000 flight hours, he credits childhood dreams and the Apollo moon landings for his path from Air Force Academy graduate to Space Shuttle pilot aboard Discovery.
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James Kelly
Space
Kelly
Burlington
Air Force Academy
Iowa
The
Academy
University of Alabama
NASA
Astronaut Corps
Johnson Space Center
International Space Station
Discovery
Dawn Renee Timmerman
Mary Ann Kelly
Houston
William Kelly
Dawn
Kathleen
Russ Williams
Gerald Timmerman