Jacques van Oene
March 15th 05, 06:05 PM
Marny Skora
(Phone: 757/864-6121, 757/344-6111)
03.14.05
RELEASE: 05-017
Astronauts Tour Langley, Inspire Peninsula Students
Fourteen astronauts will descend on the Virginia Peninsula March 17-18 to
learn more about research being conducted at NASA's Langley Research Center
in Hampton.
A bonus for area students, this current class of astronaut candidates will
also visit schools in Hampton, Newport News, York County and Poquoson.
News media are invited to attend a news conference at 9 a.m., Thursday,
March 17, in the NASA Langley newsroom. Interested media may call Margarette
Lynch at 864-6124 by 3 p.m. March 16 to make arrangements for entry on to
the Center.
Media are also invited to attend programs across the Peninsula where the
astronaut candidates will interact with area students:
Thursday, March 17, 10:30-12:30
Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton
Moton Elementary School, Hampton
Friday, March 18, 9:30-11:30
Yorktown Elementary School, York County
Poquoson Elementary School, Poquoson
Gildersleeve Middle School, Newport News
The eleven NASA astronauts and three Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(JAXA) astronauts were announced in May during a Space Day celebration at
the National Air and Space Museum. The class of 2004 will be the first
focused from the very beginning on realizing the new Vision for Space
Exploration. The class includes pilots, mission specialists and three
mission specialist-educator astronauts, teachers who will help ensure
there's always a next generation primed to explore.
Candidates with local ties include Dr. Bobby Satcher, who was born in
Hampton and attended school at Moton Elementary and Spratley Middle School;
Chris Cassidy, a Navy SEAL who trained in Norfolk; Dr. Tom Marshburn, who
among his many degrees holds a master's in engineering physics from the
University of Virginia.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
(Phone: 757/864-6121, 757/344-6111)
03.14.05
RELEASE: 05-017
Astronauts Tour Langley, Inspire Peninsula Students
Fourteen astronauts will descend on the Virginia Peninsula March 17-18 to
learn more about research being conducted at NASA's Langley Research Center
in Hampton.
A bonus for area students, this current class of astronaut candidates will
also visit schools in Hampton, Newport News, York County and Poquoson.
News media are invited to attend a news conference at 9 a.m., Thursday,
March 17, in the NASA Langley newsroom. Interested media may call Margarette
Lynch at 864-6124 by 3 p.m. March 16 to make arrangements for entry on to
the Center.
Media are also invited to attend programs across the Peninsula where the
astronaut candidates will interact with area students:
Thursday, March 17, 10:30-12:30
Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton
Moton Elementary School, Hampton
Friday, March 18, 9:30-11:30
Yorktown Elementary School, York County
Poquoson Elementary School, Poquoson
Gildersleeve Middle School, Newport News
The eleven NASA astronauts and three Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(JAXA) astronauts were announced in May during a Space Day celebration at
the National Air and Space Museum. The class of 2004 will be the first
focused from the very beginning on realizing the new Vision for Space
Exploration. The class includes pilots, mission specialists and three
mission specialist-educator astronauts, teachers who will help ensure
there's always a next generation primed to explore.
Candidates with local ties include Dr. Bobby Satcher, who was born in
Hampton and attended school at Moton Elementary and Spratley Middle School;
Chris Cassidy, a Navy SEAL who trained in Norfolk; Dr. Tom Marshburn, who
among his many degrees holds a master's in engineering physics from the
University of Virginia.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info