published Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Tennessee: Astronaut to talk to students

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Twenty local students will get a chance to ask questions of Tennessee native and NASA astronaut Barry E. Wilmore during a live conversation from orbit this weekend.

Wilmore is the pilot of space shuttle Atlantis, which launched on Monday on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station.

The live call from orbit will take place on Sunday morning at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville.

The 46-year-old Navy captain from Mount Juliet played football for the university in the 1980s as an outside linebacker.

WCTE-TV, the local PBS affiliate, will carry a live feed of the event.

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