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NASA names 11 new astronauts including three teachers
NASA unveiled the Class of 2004 astronauts at the Smithsonian annex in Chantilly. Eleven recruits from over 1,000 applicants include three teachers who will train with over 100 astronauts at Johnson Space Center in Houston and could fly by 2009. The shakeup follows the Columbia disaster and shuttle grounding through 2005. Names include Arnold, Acaba, Marshburn, Metcalf-Lindenburger, Cassidy, Kimbrough, Hernandez, Satcher, Walker, Dutton, and Bresnik.
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Chantilly
NASA
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Christa McAuliffe
McAuliffe
Barbara Morgan
Smithsonian Institution
Air and Space Museum
Richard Arnold
Berlin
American International School
Bucharest
Arnold
Joseph Acaba
Dunnellon
Fla
Thomas Marshburn
Dorothy Metcalf- Lindenburger
Vancouver
Wash
Navy
Sean O'Keefe
Dunnellon M.S
Dunnellon, Fla
Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
Hudson's Bay H.S
American International School of Bucharest
Romania