NOLS Grads in Space

On June 8th the space shuttle Atlantis took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying four NOLS professional grads, including pilot Lee Joseph Archambault, mission Specialist John D. Olivas, Sunita Williams, and Clayton C. Anderson. The nine member crew has already guided the shuttle to the international Space Station (ISS) where, they have docked and are preparing to assist the current ISS crew in deploying some solar arrays. At NOLS the astronauts were taught leadership and expedition skills to help them on missions to space. NOLS and NASA have been operating since 1999. For more information about this mission click here.