NASA astronaut tours Montana campuses encouraging students to register to vote

By: Micah Drew

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: September 28, 2026

Words: 781

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Few men and women in the world have had the opportunity to “be my own little spaceship,” as former NASA astronaut John Herrington describes performing a space walk at the International Space Station.

Two decades ago, Herrington, a naval aviator and member of the Chickasaw Nation, became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space as part of the 16th Space Shuttle mission, spending nearly 20 hours …

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