
Shuttle Astronaut to Plant ‘Space Sod’ on Campus
Pennsylvania College of Technology will have its own (organic) version of “Astroturf” next month when Dr. James A. Pawelczyk, a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia’s spring 1998 mission, plants a patch of grass grown from seed that accompanied him on the 16-day, 6.4-million-mile journey through space. Dr. Pawelczyk, who is an assistant professor […]
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