NASA Astronauts Presenting Special 'Space Veteran' Super Bowl Coin

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WASHINGTON -- The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission
will deliver a specially minted silver medallion to National Football
League officials at 10 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the Pro
Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The medallion will be used for
the official coin toss prior to the kickoff of Super Bowl XLIV on
Sunday, Feb. 7.

Shuttle commander Charlie Hobaugh, a graduate of North Ridgeville High
School near Cleveland, Pilot Barry Wilmore, Mission Specialists
Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik, Bobby Satcher and Mike Foreman, from
Wadsworth, Ohio, returned from their 11-day space mission to the
International Space Station on Nov. 27.

The crew will present Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys jerseys and a
football, inscribed with the name of every member of the Hall of
Fame, which also accompanied the crew on their 4.5 million mile space
journey last fall. The astronauts will share mission highlights with
attendees, which will include local students and community partners.

The STS-129 shuttle mission included three spacewalks and the
installation of two platforms to the station's truss, or backbone.
The platforms hold large spare parts to sustain operations after the
shuttles are retired. The crew delivered approximately 30,000 pounds
of replacement parts for systems that provide power to the station,
keep it from overheating, and maintain a proper orientation in space.

For information about the STS-129 mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

Source: NASA