Sharing a mother-daughter moment, NASA astronaut candidate Maj. Nichole Ayers, gives her mother, Lakeside resident Leslie Keene, another reason to be proud. Ayers was chosen from a pool of 12,000 candidates.
Flight instructor for the F-22 Raptor, Maj. Nichole Ayers, one of the 10 new NASA astronaut candidates, shares a special moment with her grandparents John and Enid Lang from Springerville. The Langs attended the special announcement ceremony in Houston on Dec. 6.
Sharing a mother-daughter moment, NASA astronaut candidate Maj. Nichole Ayers, gives her mother, Lakeside resident Leslie Keene, another reason to be proud. Ayers was chosen from a pool of 12,000 candidates.
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Flight instructor for the F-22 Raptor, Maj. Nichole Ayers, one of the 10 new NASA astronaut candidates, shares a special moment with her grandparents John and Enid Lang from Springerville. The Langs attended the special announcement ceremony in Houston on Dec. 6.
PINETOP-LAKESIDE — The theory of six degrees of separation, the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other, holds true with one of NASA’s 10 recently named astronaut candidates, namely Maj. Nichole Ayers.
Most parents are proud of their children for one reason or another. But, when your daughter has already been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal, the Aerial Achievement Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Operation Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal, recognized as a distinguished graduate with academic distinction form the US Air Force Academy and a distinguished graduate and undergraduate in pilot training, is a four-time Mountain West Conference Academic All-Conference and Scholar Athlete Award winner in women’s volleyball, along with other unit and service awards, what does a parent say when her daughter is chosen as one of 10 astronaut candidates?
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