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PHOTO PROVIDED BY NASA Bishop Kearney grad and former NASA astronaut Pam Melroy.
A former NASA astronaut with Rochester roots has been nominated by President Joe Biden to a top spot with the space agency.
On Friday, Biden nominated Bishop Kearney graduate Pam Melroy to serve as the agency’s deputy administrator.
Melroy is one of only two women to command a space shuttle, and she s logged more than 38 days in space. All three of her missions involved helping to build the International Space Station.
Melroy, 59, was born in Palo Alto, California and graduated from Bishop Kearney High School in 1979.