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Return to Space

U.S. Army Col. Anne McClain, the Lilac City’s local astronaut, will lead a team of four on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission expected to take off Wednesday, March 12, 2025, for a rendezvous in orbit with the International Space Station.

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‘You’ve completed my childhood dream’: Kids’ letters addressed to Anne McClain reflect hopes, fears, jokes from Spokane and beyond

Are you scared to go to space? What does zero gravity feel like? Can you help me understand science? Would you be on my YouTube channel? Thousands of queries addressed to Army Col. Anne McClain, Spokane born and bred and soon bound for the International Space Station, poured in from Spokane and beyond in a letter writing campaign organized by McClain’s high school math teacher.
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Five years after visit with astronaut Anne McClain, a Gonzaga Prep grad helps return her to space

Now retired, Shari Manikowski educated some of Spokane’s most prominent figures during her nearly 24 years of teaching at Gonzaga Prep, including Congressman Michael Baumgartner, Spokane County Superior Court Judge Tony Hazel, and Steve Gleason, a retired NFL football player and Congressional Gold Medal recipient for his work advocating for those diagnosed with ALS. But she likes to say her “claim to fame” is having the privilege of being NASA astronaut Anne McClain’s high school math teacher.
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