{"590070":{"#nid":"590070","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Astronaut Returns to Earth","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech graduate Shane Kimbrough is back here on Earth following a nearly six-month stay on the International Space Station (ISS). Kimbrough and two Russian cosmonauts undocked from the station 250 miles above the planet early Monday morning. They landed in Kazakhstan 3.5 hours later to officially end a 173-day mission that began on October 19. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKimbrough served as commander of the ISS for the majority of the stay, joining Tim Kopra as the second Georgia Tech alumnus to hold the position in 2016. Kimbrough received his master\u0026rsquo;s degree in operations research from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E in 1998.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKimbrough and his crewmates traveled 73.2 million miles while in space. That\u0026rsquo;s 2,768 orbits of the Earth. Kimbrough conducted four spacewalks totaling more than 26 hours. His last one, on March 30, was the sixth of his career.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the mission, he also \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/2017\/02\/23\/astronauts-capture-dragon-with-robotic-arm\/\u0022\u003Ecaptured cargo ships with a robotic arm\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/space-gardener-shane-kimbrough-enjoys-first-of-multiple-harvests\u0022\u003Egrew lettuce\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/georgiatech\/photos\/a.261947725227.302128.251841205227\/10158126307335228\/?type=3\u0026amp;theater\u0022\u003Eflew a flag from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s mascot, the Ramblin\u0026rsquo; Wreck\u003C\/a\u003E. He will fly back to Houston later today.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis was Kimbrough\u0026rsquo;s second trip to space \u0026mdash; he flew aboard the space shuttle in 2008. Georgia Tech has 14 astronaut graduates, tied for second among public universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech is scheduled to interview Kimbrough later this week and will update this story after the phone call. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Shane Kimbrough spent nearly six months on the International Space Station"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech graduate Shane Kimbrough is back here on Earth following a nearly six-month stay on the International Space Station (ISS). Kimbrough and two Russian cosmonauts undocked from the station 250 miles above the planet early Monday morning. 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