When the Elder Calls—From Outer Space

Billy Adkison, 91, spent his life farming in East Texas; he never wanted to go to outer space.“I don’t want to be higher than pulling corn and lower than digging taters,” he told CT.All the same, he has watched the skies from his yard to catch a glimpse of the International Space Station passing by—“like a big old star,” he said.Adkison wanted to keep an eye on one of his church elders, astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, whose weeklong trip to space