Editing Barbara Morgan (section)

===Spaceflight experience===
[[STS-118]], an assembly mission to the [[International Space Station]], successfully launched from Florida's [[Kennedy Space Center]] at 6:36:42&nbsp;p.m. EDT, 8 August 2007.<ref>{{cite news | last=NASA | title=STS-118 Status Report 01 | date=2007-08-09 | publisher=NASA | url =http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/news/STS-118-01.html | access-date = 2007-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823131906/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/news/STS-118-01.html|archive-date=2007-08-23}}</ref> Morgan served as [[Remote Manipulator System|robotic arm]] operator and transfer coordinator, coordinating the transfer of over {{convert|5000|lb|kg}} of cargo to the International Space Station, and bringing home over {{convert|3000|lb|kg}}.<ref>{{cite news | last=NASA | title=STS-118 Status Report #13 | date=2007-08-14 | publisher=NASA | url =http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/news/STS-118-13.html | access-date = 2007-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823131906/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/news/STS-118-13.html|archive-date=2007-08-23}}</ref> In addition to her other duties, Morgan participated in twenty-minute amateur radio question-and-answer sessions with young people at the Discovery Center of Idaho and other centers, and joined Mission Specialist [[Alvin Drew]] in an education event with young people at the [[Challenger Center for Space Science Education]] in [[Alexandria, Virginia]].<ref name="ham1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/STS118_morgan_radio.html|title=Barbara Morgan Talks With Students on Ham Radio|access-date=September 12, 2007|publisher=NASA|year=2007|author=NASA| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070822024053/http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/STS118_morgan_radio.html| archive-date= 22 August 2007 <!--DASHBot-->|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=John | last=Schwartz | title=Astronaut Teaches in Space, and Lesson Is Bittersweet | date=2007-08-15 | work=New York Times | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/science/space/15shuttle.html | access-date = 2007-08-22 }}</ref> The event was hosted by June Scobee, widow of Space Shuttle ''Challenger''{{'}}s commander, [[Dick Scobee|Richard "Dick" Scobee]]. The center honored Morgan with the ''President George H.W. Bush Leadership Award''. STS-118 landed successfully at Kennedy Space Center on August 21, a day ahead of schedule due to concerns about [[Hurricane Dean]].<ref name="spacecomshort">{{cite web |last1=Malik |first1=Tariq |title=Astronauts Primed for Shorter Spacewalk at ISS |url=https://www.space.com/4240-astronauts-primed-shorter-spacewalk-iss.html |website=Space.com |publisher=Future US, Inc. |access-date=27 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427185356/https://www.space.com/4240-astronauts-primed-shorter-spacewalk-iss.html |archive-date=27 April 2021 |date=18 August 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=prlog.org | title=Welcome Home Barbara Morgan; More Teachers Should Fly | date=2007-08-21 | publisher=Space Frontier Foundation/US Rocket Academy | url =http://www.prlog.org/10028001-welcome-home-barbara-morgan-more-teachers-should-fly.html | access-date = 2007-08-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Space Frontier Foundation | title=Godspeed Barbara Morgan; Plans for Large Numbers of Teachers in Space | date=2007-08-08 | publisher=Space Frontier Foundation | url=http://www.space-frontier.org/PressReleases/2007/20070808barbaramorgan.html | access-date=2007-08-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927184314/http://www.space-frontier.org/PressReleases/2007/20070808barbaramorgan.html | archive-date=27 September 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref>