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Camas grad prepares for final Discovery mission

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On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Space Shuttle Discovery crew members receive instruction on the operation of the pad's slidewire basket system emergency exit training as part of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Inside the basket are Mission Specialists Nicole Stott (left) and Michael Barratt (right).

A “Joe Papermaker” banner is among the items expected to spend some time in space next week, as a Camas High School graduate prepares for his mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.

Astronaut Michael Barratt, a 1977 CHS grad, will serve as a mission specialist for the Space Transportation System-133, which is scheduled to launch Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The 11-day mission will be the final scheduled flight of Discovery.

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