Tell Me Something Good - SpaceX lifts off to International Space Station, Students raise money for beloved custodian

Some former NASA employees are helping get SpaceX to the International Space Station.....and students banded together to help raise money for one of their favorite school custodians

Episode Transcript

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Tell me something good brought to usby Goodwill Houston. We were talking about
the twenty one thousand dollars Tailors Swifttickets. That's nothing compared to tickets to
the International Space Station now. Houstonbased SpaceX years ago said those tickets would
cost fifty five million. We don'tknow how much they charged though. The
four passengers that lifted off yesterday andthe crew is led by retired NASA astronaut.

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Her name is Peggy Whitson. Sheis the only or the first female
commander, holds the US record forthe most accumulated time in space. They
lifted off yesterday, should arrive atthe International Space Station this morning. She's
already spent six hundred and sixty fivedays in space. They're going to spend
another week up there doing all kindsof experiments before they splashed down in Florida

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in about a week. So congratulations, So glad they made it and should
be arriving anytime now. Producer AnthonySean, This is so sweet. So
up at Bullard High School, whichis just south of Tyler, Texas,
there's a group of students there thatcame together to create a go fund me
for a beloved custodian and father offive who just lost his dear wife to
help him out with funeral expenses.And this past Friday, those thoughtful students

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presented Nathaniel mister Billy Hawkins, leadcustodian at Bullard High School, with an
over ten thousand dollars check, andone of those students, Evans, said
the money could not have gone toa better person. He called mister Billy
a role model for the nearly ninehundred students they have there, and he
says he knows funerals aren't the cheapest, so they figured the best thing they
could do would be just to givehim some kind of relief on the money
side of things. So big upto the students over at Bullard High School

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coming together for one of their favoriteschool custodians. I love that. Oh
that is such a great story.Oh our bus drivers custodian, we love
you. All those who work inthe cafeteria, we do. We really
appreciate you. And you can alwaysfind these stories Tell me something good at
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