First Brush with Celebrity

One of the perks of working in the control center is, from time to time, persons of celebrity status wander through. Former presidents, movie stars, musicians and other notables come to see what we are doing in the manned space flight business.

Last night, two members of the band Coldplay came in to say hello to the crew on board the ISS.


The guy on the left, Will Champion -- the drummer, and the third guy, Jonny Buckland -- Lead guitar were our visitors last night. They asked some intelligent questions and were a nice bunch of blokes.

Unfortunately, they didn't come around the room. So, there were no pictures or autographs. But to cap off my first solo shift, i enjoyed my first celebrity encounter.