NC native astronaut takes his first space walk

by the Associated Press
Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 1:33 PM EDT

RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina native made his first giant leap for mankind when he stepped out of a hatch in the International Space Station and into outer space on the 40th anniversary of the first moon walk.
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Statesville native Dr. Tom Marshburn made the first of three spacewalks Monday as part of the crew of the space shuttle Endeavor.

Marshburn and a fellow astronaut spent most of the day installing a dish antenna and a cooling system pump on the space station.

The 48-year-old Marshburn is a graduate of Davidson College, the University of Virginia and Wake Forest University’s medical school.

 

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