Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) hosted astronauts from a recent shuttle mission in Congress today, which lead her to reflect on the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
Giffords tweeted:
w/ @Astro_Mike & crew- thx for coming by to talk #NASA! Did watching Apollo 11 landing inspire yr interest in space?http://twitpic.com/b8z1g
@Astro_Mike or Mike Massimino served as mission specialist on the space shuttle Atlantis. Astronauts on the mission made repairs the Hubble Space Telescope in May.
Earlier today, Massimino tweeted:
Visiting with members of the US Congress and telling them about our flight, we appreciate their support of the space program.
Here is the picture of Giffords and the gang:
