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Timothy "TJ" Creamer ’78

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On july20, 1969, 9-year-Old timOthy "t.j." creamer watched neil armstrOng take his histOric walk On the mOOn. like lOt Of go ( kids that day, t.j. wOndered if maybe he mustangs! tOO cOuld ever jOurney tO space. unlike mOst Of thOse kids, hOwever, t.j. wOuld actually dO it -- 40 years later when he lOgged 163 days at the internatiOnal space statiOn as a flight engineer and nasa science Officer. agreateducatiOn is One Ofthekey buildingblOcks fOrallastrOnauts, andit wasbishOpmcnamarahigh schOOlthathelpedt.j. On hiswaytO greatness. after graduatingfrOmbmhsin 1978, t.j. cOntinuedhiseducatiOn atlOyOlacOllegeandthe massachusettsinstitute Of technOlOgy. retiredfrOmthe army, cOl. timOthycreamer isnOwnasa'smissiOncOntrOl flightdirectOr -- apOsitiOn Ofincrediblemagnitude... alwaysamustang!

t.j. gave his Own "small step" fOr gee, this is fun! mankind when ( he sent the first live tweet frOm space On january 22, 2010!

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