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Actual birthdate?

According to the link at the bottom of the page Higginbotham, Joan, she should have graduated high school in 1978-79, not in 1982.Ataricom 01:05, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Retirement rumor

I've reverted to an earlier version, because the report of Higginbotham leaving was only given by one local station's site, and later the URL was removed: [1] and is invalid. No confirmation can be verified, and indeed, all indications are that she's currently still assigned to STS-126, so until this can be verified by more than one source, it shouldn't be added. Her NASA Bio was updated in October, with not a mention of that, so I'm unlikely to believe this small, two paragraph blurb on a local station's website. Furthermore, I could find no proof of confirmation from the company she was supposed to have accepted a position with. Ariel♥Gold 09:32, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NASA announced it today. Pages reverted and new valid ref given. Ariel♥Gold 06:01, 22 November 2007 (UTC) ^[1]^[2][reply]

^ NASA (2007). "NASA Amends Crew Assignment for STS-126 Mission". NASA. Retrieved November 22, 2007.
^ Stephen Withers (2007). "Crew assignments for space shuttle mission STS-126 have been revised following the resignation of an experienced astronaut". iTWire. Retrieved November 22, 2007.

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[amend-1] NASA (2007). "NASA Amends Crew Assignment for STS-126 Mission". NASA. Retrieved November 22, 2007.

[itwire-2] Stephen Withers (2007). "Crew assignments for space shuttle mission STS-126 have been revised following the resignation of an experienced astronaut". iTWire. Retrieved November 22, 2007.

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