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  • State Of California · 1 year ago
    Astronaut Major Bob Behnken, 37, who grew up in St. Ann, Missouri, graduating from Pattonville High and Washington University, performed the first of his three scheduled spacewalks. Add his feat to St. Louis's rich aeronautics and space history, dating to the days of Charles Lindbergh and the McDonnell Mercury and Gemini space capsules built in St. Louis. Behnken worked on a robot Monday night. The robot, nicknamed "Dextre", is designed to handle exterior repairs at the International Space Station. "What...