An eight-year-old girl walked up to her father in their suburban Chicago home, eager to share with him her newest revelation. “I’m going to be an astronaut,” she said. “You can do and be anything you want to be, as long as you work hard,” the girl’s father replied.
Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, started reaching for the stars at a young age.
“I was brought up to always think big,” Armagno said. “I was inspired by NASA’s shuttle program; I paid attention to every launch and that’s what I wanted to do. So, it really just kind of fit.”
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