Knock, knock. Hello? Anyone home at the AP?

Weather improving for tomorrow’s shuttle launch

Associated Press Aug. 7, 2007, 4:40PM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The weather is improving for Wednesday’s planned launch of Endeavour on a space station delivery mission featuring NASA’s first educator-astronaut.

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Seven astronauts are assigned to the mission, but the spotlight is on Barbara Morgan, who was Christa McAuliffe’s backup for Challenger’s doomed mission in 1986.

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Christa McAuliffe was the first educator-astronaut. Because she died doing her job does not disqualify her from the title.

I hope she and the rest of the STS-51-L crew will be watching over the Endeavour.