Her husband, James Mitchell Jr., recently left his position as Charlotte City Councils longest-serving member. Efforts to reach Higginbotham through the group were unsuccessful. A former NASA astronaut and engineer, Higginbotham logged more than 300 hours in space, according to a biography on NASAs website, before retiring from the agency in 2007. Ive known Joan for 25 years. (AP Photo/John Raoux)1 of 2 Space Shuttle Discovery Mission Specialist Joan Higginbotham arrives at the Kennedy Space Center for the terminal countdown demonstration test in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Monday, Nov. 13, 2006.
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