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She phoned in her commencement speech -- from outer space

Posted by Martin Finucane May 13, 2011 06:35 PM

Catherine Coleman delivered the commencement address to University of Massachusetts graduates today. Her address was recorded on videotape. That's because Coleman was unavailable to make the trip to the Amherst campus -- she is an astronaut on the International Space Station.

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