{"583275":{"#nid":"583275","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Alumnus Assumes Command of International Space Station","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the second time this year, a Georgia Tech alumnus is the commander of the International Space Station (ISS). Shane Kimbrough (M.S. Operations Research 1998) assumed command of the station during a ceremony Friday afternoon. He replaces Russia\u0026rsquo;s Anatoly Ivanishin, who leaves the ISS Saturday night with American Kate Rubins and Japan\u0026rsquo;s Takuyu Onishi. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETim Kopra (M.S. Aerospace Engineering 1995) was commander of the station earlier this year (February \u0026ndash; June).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKimbrough and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the ISS last Friday for a four-month mission that is scheduled to end in late February. His first week has included a docking and his first science experiments. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA cargo ship arrived at the ISS this past Sunday after a six-day flight from Virginia. Kimbrough and the crew have been busy unpacking more than 5,100 pounds of supplies and science gear.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKimbrough is also growing lettuce. On Tuesday he planted the first batch of plant pillows, which are pouches of fertilizer, seeds and a growth medium. The crew is \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/third-lettuce-crop-begins-growing-aboard-station\u0022\u003Egrowing the red romaine lettuce\u003C\/a\u003E because future manned missions to Mars will require astronauts to produce their own food. There will be four harvests during the next two months.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKimbrough and crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko will be alone on the station for the next few weeks before the next three-person crew arrives in mid-November.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/space-man\u0022\u003ERead more about Kimbrough and his mission.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has produced 14 astronauts, tied for second-most among public universities. They include John Young (B.S. Aerospace Engineering\u0026nbsp;1952), who walked on the moon and was on the first space shuttle, and Sandy Magnus (Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering 1996), who flew on the last one.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DhmdyQdu96M\u0026amp;feature=youtu.be\u0022\u003EGet a video tour of the space station.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the second time this year, a Georgia Tech alumnus is the commander of the International Space Station (ISS). Shane Kimbrough (M.S. 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