tag:news.nd.edu,2005:/news/authors/nasa tag:news.nd.edu,2005:/latest Notre Dame News | Notre Dame News | News 2009-10-16T00:00:00-04:00 Notre Dame News gathers and disseminates information that enhances understanding of the University’s academic and research mission and its accomplishments as a Catholic institute of higher learning. tag:news.nd.edu,2005:News/13642 2009-10-16T00:00:00-04:00 2021-09-03T21:00:32-04:00 In Space Kevin Ford

Standing inside the International Space Station, Astronaut Kevin A. Ford holds a photo of University President Emeritus Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hessert, for whom the Hessert Laboratory for Aerospace Research was named. The photo was taken during the building’s dedication in 1991. Two Notre Dame alumni have served aboard the two most recent flights of the space shuttle. Ford piloted the Space Shuttle Discovery launched on Aug. 29. The crew delivered life support racks and science racks for the further assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station. Michael T. Good flew as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle Atlantis in May. He is on campus today to speak with students and faculty.

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University of Notre Dame alumnus Kevin A. Ford is serving as the pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-128 mission that launched last night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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