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| | RedOrbit - Space - Space to Succeed: Ex-Astronaut Herrington, a Chickasaw Indian, Urges Students to Live Their Dreams, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | Herrington, 47, an Oklahoma native and a member of the Chickasaw Indian tribe, spent nearly 10 years working as an astronaut for NASA before becoming the chief test pilot for Rocketplane Limited Inc., creators of the XP Spaceplane, which is being designed to carry passengers into space. |
 | | Herrington spent two hours in Lake Agassiz on Tuesday morning with one message coming through clearly: live your dreams, just as he did. |
 | | Herrington's appearance in Grand Forks was sponsored by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium, UND student activities committee and the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace. |
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