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| | RELEASE: J98-30 |
 | | Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX Veteran astronaut Kevin Chilton, recently selected for promotion to the rank of Brigadier General in the U.S. Air Force, will leave NASA this summer to continue his military career. |
 | | Chilton, a veteran of three space flights, has overseen the operational planning for the International Space Station since 1996 as Deputy Program Manager for Operations. |
 | | A three-time Shuttle veteran, Chilton commanded STS-76, the third Space Shuttle docking mission to the Mir, aboard Atlantis in March 1996. |
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