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Associated Press - November 19, 2009 8:55 AM ET
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Twenty local students will get a chance to ask questions of Tennessee native and NASA astronaut Barry E. Wilmore during a live conversation from orbit this weekend.
Wilmore is the pilot of space shuttle Atlantis, which launched on Monday on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station.
The live call from orbit will take place on Sunday morning at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville.
The 46-year-old Navy captain from Mount Juliet played football for the university in the 1980s as an outside linebacker.
WCTE-TV, the local PBS affiliate, will carry a live feed of the event.
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