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This interview features Albert Sacco, an astronaut who flew on the Columbia mission STS-73. In this interview, Sacco discusses the influences in his life that led him to pursue a degree in engineering, and later how he was accepted into NASA. Sacco also describes his experience in orbit and the experiments that he conducted while on his space mission.

==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' Albert Sacco

'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' n/a

'''Date:''' October 24, 2017

'''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' David Marshall

'''Length:''' 01:07:34 (1 hour, 34 minutes)


==Abstract==
His parents; pursuing a higher education; Childhood influences; Willingness to fly after a plane crash; public schooling; Teachers that influenced him, sputnik; Kennedy’s space program; Working at his parents restaurant during college; Childhood aspirations and becoming an astronaut; Going to Northeaster College, dissertation topic; Having persistence to work at NASA; Things that happened to him in orbit; Sacco’s role with the experiments

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==Access Information==

'''Original Recording Format:''' born digital audio

'''Recording Format Notes:''' audio CD recording available for listening in our Reading Room

'''Transcript:''' found here: https://hdl.handle.net/10605/360056



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