Astronaut Pamela Melroy , a U.S. Air Force colonel from Rochester, New York, and two-time shuttle pilot, will become the second woman to command a NASA shuttle when she leads the upcoming STS-120 mission to the International Space Station
Joining Melroy on the STS-120 mission - currently the fif...
The Discovery astronauts will have a little something extra in their gear when the space shuttle blasts off in October: Luke Skywalker's original Jedi Light-sabre. Where are these transmissions coming from?