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International Space Station

Small Town 4-H'er Reaches for the Stars

November 28, 2016 Kelly Sprute, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Many kids gaze up into the night’s sky and dream of touching the stars. Peggy Whitson, NASA astronaut and commander of the International Space Station, turned that dream into reality. Whitson grew up in the small town of Beaconsfield, Iowa, completing standard chores like mowing the lawn and caring...

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