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Maggie Brooks heads to Florida

By: WROC-TV
Updated: October 22, 2007
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NASA_logo2007-10-22-1193078914.gifCounty Executive Maggie Brooks announced today that she is traveling to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness Pittsford native Pamela Melroy command Space Shuttle Discovery on its mission to the International Space Station.
Melroy, a 1979 graduate of Bishop Kearney High School, is the second female commander of the Space Shuttle.
The launch is set for tomorrow at 11:38 a.m.
News 8's Maureen McGuire is down in Florida already and will file reports from today and tomorrow and will witness the launch as well.
Stay tuned to News 8 Now for all the details.

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