{"57559":{"#nid":"57559","#data":{"type":"news","title":"TAKING FLIGHT: Astronaut thanks teacher, apologizes to football team","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003C\/em\u003E - November 09, 2008\u003Cbr \/\u003ERobert \u0022Shane\u0022 Kimbrough told the 8-year-olds on the football team he coaches that he\u0027s going to miss a few games. \u0022I\u0027ll be back for the playoffs,\u0022 he told the 25 boys, including his son, Zack. The father of three who grew up in Smyrna will leave his Houston-area home for a very important business trip Friday. As a NASA astronaut, he\u0027ll be on his way to fulfilling his childhood dream. . . .Now Kimbrough combines his military experience with extensive education as a mission specialist for the STS-126. The West Point graduate flew helicopters in Operation Desert Storm, earned a master\u0027s degree from GEORGIA TECH, taught college math and became a lieutenant colonel before joining NASA eight years ago.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/printedition\/2008\/11\/09\/shuttlea.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/printedition\/2008\/11\/09\/shuttlea.html\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2008-11-09 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:29","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-11-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2008-11-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"57458","name":"ISyE External News"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}