The following is an excerpt from an email sent to Mike concerning what we on the ground have going on in the next couple of days.


7/12 - FD09, EVA 3 - Aggie Maroon Out day at JSC and contractors.
Happy Hour/"First Flight Aggie Yell Practice" at The Outpost, Webster, Texas (Nasa Rd 1 and Egret Bay)

7/13 - FD10, Off Duty - War Hymn wake up music. Ku available for in cabin downlink if crew desires.
Uplink of Video, pics from Happy hour available for Mike. Will notify via A/G2 of location.
VIP call from Gov. Perry at MET 8/22:20 (11:57 AM CDT).

7/?? - Aggie Maroon Out Part Deux for Crew Return at Ellington Field.
(Landing currently at 7/17/06 at 08:17 CDT)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/07/11/space.shuttle.ap/index.html

""That was a great (spacewalk) and it showed that Aggies can be taught to work locks, latches and anything else," flight controllers wrote in their daily morning electronic message to Discovery's crew, referring to Fossum, a graduate of Texas A&M. "Miracles never cease.""

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President George W. Bush offered his best wishes to the crews of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station Tuesday, July 11. In a private phone call from the White House at 10:35 a.m. EDT, the president told the astronauts that they represent the best of service and exploration, and he thanked them for the job they are doing.

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/multimedia/sts121/sts121_president_call.html

Well, it looks like we have 5 yell leaders coming for yell practice at 8 p.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, at The Outpost on Egret Bay near NASA Rd. 1. Happy hour starts at 6:00 p.m. This is being distributed to NASA and Contractor Aggies via email but I'm sure all Aggies are invited.

Just got this activity update via email from another another Sq. 3 Dead Elephant at NASA...

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7/12 all day: Maroon out day where ever you are in support of Mike's 3rd EVA.
7/12 about 6pm: Yell Practice and HH at the Outpost (Nasa1 is a mess so be patient)
7/13 12:07am Texas Time: War Hymn wake up music. Uplink pictures of Outpost activities to Mike.
7/13 12:53pm Gov Rick Perry '71 calls Mike (we tried to get Rick to lead YP but he's campaiging)
7/17 8:17am Maroon Out welcome back at Ellington Field

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aw crap, now I wish I were in the Houston area this summer. I want to go to YP at NASA.

Kewl

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Astronaut Michael E. Fossum, STS-121 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA). During today's six-hour 47-minute spacewalk, Fossum and astronaut Piers J. Sellers (out of frame), mission specialist, restored the International Space Station's Mobile Transporter rail car to full operation and delivered a spare pump module for the station's cooling system. Photo Credit: NASA

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Astronauts Michael E. Fossum and Piers J. Sellers (partially out of frame), STS-121 mission specialists; participate in the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA). During today's six-hour 47-minute spacewalk, Sellers and Fossum restored the International Space Station's Mobile Transporter rail car to full operation and delivered a spare pump module for the station's cooling system. Photo Credit: NASA

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/multimedia/sts121/fd7/fd7_gallery.html

[This message has been edited by Aggie Spirit (edited 7/11/2006 9:53p).]

Way to go! Captain!

I'm wearing maroon today and didn't even know I was doing it to celebrate for Mike! Gig'em!

So, who's going to Yell Practice at The Outpost tonight? I'm in.

Well, the yell leaders are here. Here they are at the Neutral Bouyancy Lab (NBL).

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[This message has been edited by jbeaman88 (edited 7/12/2006 4:18p).]

Does anyone have a link to an audio file of the War Hymn wakeup this morning for the shuttle crew and Mike's response? I was up at the time but missed hearing it.

I also have an MP3 of the yell leaders talking to Mike yesterday from mission control and doing BTHOTU that was posted to the NASA Aggies distribution list.

How to I link to it? Do I need to post it to someplace like Imageshack for MP3 files?

Here are some shots from last night's yell practice for Mike at The Oupost in Webster. I would estimate the turnout at 150 - 200. Enough to make some noise! We did a few yells and sang The Spirit to close out the night. I think it's the start of a new tradition!

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[This message has been edited by jbeaman88 (edited 7/13/2006 10:05a).]

I don't think these have been posted yet. Got this from a friends sister that works for NASA.

Link to a Battalion article on the yell practice:
http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2006/07/13/News/Aggie.To.View.Yell.From.Space-2131452.shtml?sourcedomain=www.thebatt.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com

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LeRoy Cain, manager of Shuttle Launch Integration, and Michael Fossum, STS-121 mission specialist, take a look at the orbiter Discovery during the traditional post-flight walk-around after the landing. Discovery's smooth and perfect landing was on time at 9:14 a.m. EDT on Runway 15 of NASA's Shuttle Landing Facility after traveling 5.3 million miles on 202 orbits. Mission elapsed time was 12 days, 18 hours, 36 minutes and 54 seconds. The landing is the 62nd at Kennedy Space Center and the 32nd for Discovery.

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[This message has been edited by Aggie Spirit (edited 7/17/2006 3:12p).]

I've got a great pic that I took in McAllen yesterday that I'll post when I get home.

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Teaching the astronomy merit badge in the Scouts seeded his interest in space, Terry Fossum said. He described his brother as goal-oriented and persistent.

He'd been passed up for at least two other missions.

"His bosses were telling him at NASA, 'You're too old. Give it up; you're not going to be an astronaut,'" Terry Fossum said. "His answer was, 'No, I don't know that.'"

The payoff showed in the note he sent before coming home, describing how he was "silenced by the beauty of God's creation as it rolls under our ship" and thankful for his "profoundly tolerant" wife and four kids.

And how he was "humbled by this opportunity of a lifetime."

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http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA071806.1A.valley.space.169b85e.html

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One of Discovery's two astronauts who conducted a spacewalk, Mike Fossum, had a large following in the hangar. A Texas A&M University graduate, he became the first Aggie to fly in space. Maroon T-shirts were in abundance. Fossum told the crowd he "whooped" — a popular Aggie cheer — during Discovery's launch.

"I've also got to say thanks to my church friends," he said. "Thank you for your prayers — they worked."

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4056382.html

Houston Aggie Muster
Saturday, April 21, 2007

Guest Speaker: Michael E. Fossum, NASA Astronaut

http://www.houstonags.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=101&Itemid=52

Mike has been tapped for another mission...
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts124/interview_Fossum.html

Mike will be making his third venture into space soon...

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Soyuz TMA-02M
Crew: Sergei Volkov, Mike Fossum and Satoshi Furukawa
Launch: June 7, 2011
Docking: June 9, 2011
Landing: November 2011

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition28/index.html

Russian Rocket Blasts Off for Space Station
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/national/foxnews/Russian-Rocket-Blasts-Off-for-Space-Station_80757647

Call down from the International Space Station
http://texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1874692&page=1&forum_id=27

VIDEO: Mike Fossum captures footage of Texas fires from space
http://www.themonitor.com/news/mcallen-54529-mike-captures.html