WPI's "Man in Space" receives shirt from "flying high" basketball team

by Neil Norum - Director, WPI News Service
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute's basketball co-captains (from left) Chris Dunn and Scott Ennis, present a WPI warmup shirt with Sacco printed on it to WPI Professor Al Sacco (center), who will be a payload specialist aboard the Columbia Space Shuttle U.S . Microgravity Lab 2 in September. The "high flying" Engineers are 9-2 so far, off to one of their best starts. Chemical Engineering Department head Sacco has been a fan of the Engineers over the years and keeps in condition by playing basketball.

"I'll use the shirt during my training," says Sacco. "Unfortunately, I won't be able to wear it in space because it's the wrong material, but I'll have the thoughts and good wishes of the team with me." Sacco will perform more than 30 scientific and techn ological investigations in minerals, fluids, and biological processes while aboard USML-2.

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