Timing in life is everything, and my father is now 85 years old.

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"Everything in my life, and so many others, is attached to that train, " he said in an interview that year with The Associated Press.

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"I've experienced 11 days docked at the space station, 16 days in space on my last flight, so getting back to life in zero gravity, that is never boring, everything from putting on your clothes to brushing your teeth to working to transfer of hardware, all of its fun in zero-g, " Marshburn told NASA before the launch.

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