Mastracchio is a veteran when it comes to performing spacewalks and the mission will be a first for Hopkins, a graduate of the University of Illinois. Joe Tanner, another UI alum and spacewalk veteran told the News-Gazette there is one thing Hopkins cannot prepare himself for.
Another University of Illinois alumnus and former astronaut, Joe Tanner, said the spacewalk should be an unforgettable experience for Hopkins. Tanner, a Danville native, walked in space seven times during four shuttle missions.
That first spacewalk will be an experience Hopkins won't soon forget. Take it from fellow UI-alum-turned-astronaut Joe Tanner. The Danville native performed seven of them during four shuttle missions and still remembers the nerves of No. 1 vividly.
Date: Dec 18, 2013
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Illini astronaut getting turkey with all the dehydrated trimmings
Danville native Joe Tanner knows the feeling. A fellow proud UI alum and former astronaut, Tanner logged 1,069 hours in space, made seven spacewalks and flew four shuttle missions between 1994 and 2006.
County Commissioner Tom Mielke, who has two announced Democratic challengers, Joe Tanner and Ron Barca, cited accomplishments including fighting the state over stormwater regulations and fighting the federal government for approving the Cowlitz Indian Tribes application to take its land into trust
Neither is former astronaut Joe Tanner, who reflected the same thinking in an e-mail: "I have so many absolutely wonderful memories of my 24 years at NASA that I don't want to tarnish them by going to a funeral, if you understand what I mean."
Date: Jun 02, 2011
Category: Sci/Tech
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