PHOTOS: Astronaut Dr. Kate Rubins speaks at her alma mater Vintage High
NASA astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins visited her alma mater Tuesday morning to speak to current students about her experiences as an astronaut and scientist.
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Kate Rubins, speaking Tuesday to Vintage High students at her alma mater, has served two missions aboard the International Space Station.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins spoke to current Vintage students about her experiences as an astronaut and scientist in Napa on Tuesday morning.
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A student poster at Vintage High School gave the astronaut and 1996 Vintage graduate Kate Rubins a cosmic welcome during her Tuesday visit.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins received a gift from student Rebecca Trejo, left, ahead of the 1996 graduate's speech on Tuesday.
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Napa native and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins speaks to current Vintage students about her experiences as an astronaut, which has included two International Space Station missions.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins smiles as she is introduced ahead of her talk at her alma mater in north Napa.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins poses for a photograph with honored guests ahead of her talk at Vintage High School in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins smiles as she is introduced ahead of her talk at Vintage High School in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins speaks to current Vintage High students about her experiences as an astronaut and scientist in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins speaks to current Vintage High students about her experiences as an astronaut and scientist in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins speaks to current Vintage High students about her experiences as an astronaut and scientist in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins speaks to current Vintage High students about her experiences as an astronaut and scientist in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins speaks to current Vintage High students about her experiences as an astronaut and scientist in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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A close up of astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins’ NASA suit is seen while she speaks to current Vintage High students about her experiences as an astronaut and scientist in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins speaks to current Vintage High students about her experiences as an astronaut and scientist in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins spoke to current Vintage students about her experiences as an astronaut and scientist in Napa on Tuesday.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins chats with her former high school principal Stan Smart, and her former science teacher ahead of her talk at Vintage High School in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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Vintage High School Principal Jessica Hutchinson introduces astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins to students and honored guests before Dr. Rubins presentation at Vintage High School in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins, in blue, looks up as her former science teacher is acknowledged ahead of Dr. Rubins talk at Vintage High School in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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Astronaut and Vintage High graduate Dr. Kate Rubins speaks to current Vintage High students about her experiences as an astronaut and scientist in Napa on Tuesday, March 28.
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