Talk: "Space Shuttle Flight; What It's Like?" with Astronaut Michael J. McCulley (POSTPONED)
Venue: Holtzman Alumni Center, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2018
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
UPDATE: Due to the inclement weather and flight cancellations, this event will be postponed until the Spring Semester.
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation and the Virginia Tech College of Science presents the talk "Space Shuttle Flight; What It's Like?" with Astronaut Michael J. McCulley on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at Holtzman Alumni Center at Virginia Tech as part of the 2018 Astronaut Scholar Lecture and Awards Presentation.
Michael McCulley (Captain U.S. Navy, retired) was pilot on the Atlantis mission, STS-34, which launched October 18, 1989, and returned on October 23, 1989. During that period, according to a NASA biography, the crew deployed the Galileo spacecraft on its journey to explore Jupiter, mapped atmospheric ozone on Earth, and performed experiments that ranged from radiation measurements to polymer morphology to microgravity effects on plants. His talk will focus on what it’s like to fly on a Space Shuttle.
For more information on Astronaut Michael McCulley, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/mcculley_michael.pdf.
For the second year in a row, Arianna Krinos, a Virginia Tech senior triple majoring in biological sciences, computer science, and computational modeling and data analytics, has won the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation award, established by members of the famed Mercury 7 team. Arianna will be presented with the scholarship by Astronaut Michael J. McCulley during the event.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information, visit: https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2018/11/Science-ariannakrinos_astronautscholar2018.html.
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