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Astronauts arrive in Florida for NASA-SpaceX launch: Meet the crew heading to the ISS
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Bonnie Dunbar: Five-time space hero with links to Dundee and Banffshire
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Bonnie Dunbar: Five-time space hero was inspired by Dundonian grandfather
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Dr Bonnie Dunbar successfully completed five Space Shuttle missions during her time with NASA.
Bonnie Dunbar was inspired to reach for the stars by her Dundonian grandfather and went on to become a five-time space hero.
Only a handful of other American astronauts have heard the countdown to lift-off from the inside of a spacecraft more often than she has.
Dr Dunbar, 72, worked for 27 years at NASA, successfully completing five Shuttle missions, logging 1,208 hours of space flight and nearly 800 orbits of the Earth.
She also forged links between the RRS Discovery and the Space Shuttle Discovery and was heavily involved in founding the Scottish Space School.
Bonnie Dunbar: Five-time space hero was inspired by Dundonian grandfather
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University of Houston nets $4.5 million gift from local family estate
University of Houston nets $4.5 million gift from local family estate University of Houston is the recipient of a generous donation from a local family.
Photo courtesy of University of Houston The University of Houston Cougars are no doubt licking their wounds after a sound dismissal by Baylor University at the NCAA Men’s Final Four Tournament on April 3. But now, the Coogs have a reason to again roar. UH has received a $4.5 million gift to establish an endowed chair in the Cullen College of Engineering; a scholarship endowment available to students throughout the University; and an endowed lecture series focused on equity and social justice, which will reside in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.