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MN Space Grant Consortium  Major (U.S. Air Force) Pamela Ann Melroy, NASA Astronaut, gave
a special seminar on February 20, 1998, on "Training to Fly in Space".
Major Melroy was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in December
1994 and reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995. She
completed a year of training and evaluation and is currently qualified
for assignment as a shuttle pilot. Presently, she is assigned to
astronaut support duties for launch and landing while awaiting for her
first flight assignment. During her visit here, she also participated
in the Space Science Across the Curriculum Conference for K-12 teachers
that was sponsored by the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium and the Science
Museum of Minnesota.
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