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Shannon Walker becomes first native Houstonian to command International Space Station
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Shannon Walker to become first native Houstonian to command International Space Station (NASA)
HOUSTON – For the first time in history, a native Houstonian has taken command of the International Space Station.
Veteran Shannon Walker accepted command of the space station on Thursday in a ceremony that began at 2:45 p.m. CDT.
Walker is a veteran astronaut who was not only born and raised in the Bayou City but also earned all three of her science degrees here.
Walker went to Westbury High School, Meyerland Visual and Performing Arts Middle School, and later Johnston Middle School, and Parker Elementary. She graduated with a bachelor of arts in physics from Rice University in 1987 and went back to complete her master of science in 1992 and received a Ph.D. in space physics in 1993.
Covid 19 coronavirus: A dying teacher, worrying over students to his last breaths
27 Jan, 2021 08:55 PM
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Erick Ortiz with his family on his birthday. Dad was everything to them, Maria Ortiz said of the couple s three children. Photo / Brandon Thibodeaux, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Dan Levin
The death of a beloved educator in Houston, like others across the country, has deepened teachers fears and conflict over in-person instruction. Erick Ortiz lay in a hospital bed just before Thanksgiving, struggling to breathe. Unable to see his family, he texted his wife, concerned about his high school chemistry students: Have they assigned a sub for my classes?