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Wisconsin astronaut reflects on the end of the NASA shuttle program

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The NASA space shuttle program’s 135th and final mission concludes next Wednesday.And once it’s done, the United States will look to Russia to keep its astronauts in space.Mike Simonson reports that a Wisconsin astronaut is taking a key role in Russia’s Soyuz program.

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