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Former astronaut Thomas Marshburn talked with students about his time in space.

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For most of us, the fastest we will ever travel is roughly 550 miles per hour in an airplane. However, for former astronaut Thomas Marshburn, he went from 0 to 17,500 miles per hour in just eight-and-a-half minutes when he launched into space for the first time on Expedition 66.