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2 Teachers Make Mission's Final Walk

By the Associated Press

Posted Mar 23, 2009 4:58 PM CDT

(AP) – Two astronauts who were teaching math and science to middle school students just 5 years ago went on a spacewalk together today, their path cleared of dangerous orbiting junk that had threatened the space station and shuttle. It's the first time two former schoolteachers have...   Read full story »

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