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Astronaut’s Father Keeps His Eye On The Sky

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A father in northern Wisconsin can brag his son is the fastest kid around the globe. He’s Colonel Jeffrey Williams of NASA, circling the planet at 17,000 miles an hour onboard the International Space Station. Mike Simonson has his story…

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