NASA selects female pilot to lead shuttle mission

June 20, 2006 by Marcel van Leeuwen 

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NASA has selected shuttle pilot Pam Melroy to command the Atlantis mission scheduled for next year. Melroy will be the second woman to command a U.S. space mission. The shuttle will carry the Italian Node 2 module.

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