President Obama Calls Astronauts on Shuttle, Station Posted on March 28th
The 10 astronauts aboard the docked Discovery and space
station have spent the last week installing
new solar arrays to complete the outposts power grid and metallic
backbone, with the shuttle crew set to depart on Wednesday. President Obama
called them from the Roosevelt Room in the White House and said their efforts are
very timely for people back on Earth and the U.S.