Mission to the moon possible for former Minnesotan
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Former Minneapolis resident, and graduate of St. John's University in Collegeville, Lieutenant Colonel Mark Vande Hei has been accepted into NASA's 2009 class of astronauts. That means he could be on a mission to the moon, where NASA wants to go in about a decade. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Vande Hei.
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