Inspiring story of Sign Language in Space
July 26, 2010
She may not be Deaf and she may be American but perhaps the actions of Caldwell Dyson will inspire the first Deaf Astronaut?
The International Space Station has had guests from all over the world, representing myriad languages. But until NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson came aboard, one language was still not represented. Said to be the fourth most commonly used language in the United States, American Sign Language, or ASL, made its debut on the space station in a special video recorded by Caldwell Dyson.
Click here for the full story and for the ASL video 
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