Astronaut Kjell Lindgren missed his class reunion at the Air Force Academy. But cadets and his class of 1995 classmates sent him a message in space. Using bedsheets, cadets crafted a massive message on the academy's terrazzo that could be seen from orbit: KTP 95.That's Keep the Pride '95. It was big enough to see from Lindgren's weightless perch, 250 miles above the campus."That was my best day in space," Lindgren said last week before he talked to an astronautics class at the school north of Colorado Springs.Lindgren, who spent six months orbiting Earth aboard the International Space Station, said his journey to the stars started at the academy."Cadets need to stop and recognize what an amazing environmentRead more on Colorado Springs Gazette
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