All 6 NASA astronauts who crewed the historic final mission of the space shuttle Discovery will be visiting the Isle of Man in July.
The astronauts will be here for the Tynwald Day ceremony and will also be meeting local high school students.
The visit is being co-ordinated by Chris Stott, the Isle of Man's honorary representative to the space community and husband of NASA engineer Nicole Stott.
She was part of the NASA team who embarked on the final flight of the Discovery in February this year, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station.
All six members of the crew will be travelling to the Island,
American-born Nicole is an enthusiastic ambassador for the Isle of Man in space. She conducted a live video link from orbit with a group of Island high school students in October 2009 and took a piece of Tynwald hill to space in the latest mission.
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