{"73690":{"#nid":"73690","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech alumni to man next space shuttle mission","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen the space shuttle Endeavour blasts into orbit on Nov. 14, nearly half the crew will boast Georgia Tech pedigree.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlumni Eric A. Boe, 44, Robert Shane Kimbrough, 42 and Sandra H. Magnus, 44 are among the seven astronauts scheduled for the 15-day mission to the International Space Station.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll three astronauts earned their post-graduate degrees at Georgia Tech during the 1990s. Boe earned a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1997, Kimbrough a master of science degree in operations research in 1998 and Magnus a doctorate from the School of Material Science and Engineering in 1996.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe mission focuses on delivering equipment and supplies designed to double the crew size of the station from three to six in May 2009. The station\u0027s two Solar Alpha Rotary Joints will also be serviced by the crew.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Three Georgia Tech alumni - Eric A. Boe, 44, Robert Shane Kimbrough, 42 and Sandra H. Magnus, 44 - will be among  the seven astronauts who will journey on the space shuttle Endeavour\u0027s mission to the International Space Station on Nov. 14.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech trio to launch into orbit on Endeavour space shuttl"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2008-10-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:33","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73691":{"id":"73691","type":"image","title":"Boe","body":null,"created":"1449178012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:52","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"},"73692":{"id":"73692","type":"image","title":"Kimbrough","body":null,"created":"1449178012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:52","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"},"73693":{"id":"73693","type":"image","title":"Magnus","body":null,"created":"1449178012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:52","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73691","73692","73693"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EDon Fernandez\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMarketing and Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Don Fernandez\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}