ISS

Dennis Tito (above) is widely considered the first space tourist!




Computer Gaming Pioneer and Private Astronaut
(1st 2nd Generation)

 

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Cady Coleman asked to have a picture taken with me so she could email it to TJ Creamer after I had spoken to him! She was really nice and thought it rather funny to send the email of both of us to TJ!

This is myself and my boyfriend (in red) with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden at the ISS 100 Day Party - he was really cool to talk too as well!

At the Expedition 22/23 100 Day Party at Cape Canaveral - Bobby Satcher and myself.

On March 18th 2010 I visited the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to see the facility here in Boulder and attend a talk by Dr. Stanley G. Love - a NASA astronaut that flew on STS-122. Founded in 1947, employing over 3,000 people in several states, SwRI is a very prolific multi-disciplinary institute, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas (for more information about the SwRI, visit its facts page). SwRI has a fairly large office (about a hundred people) in downtown Boulder Colorado.

Purdue grad.  Hoosier by birth.  NASA ISS Flight Controller.  Father.  Husband.

Identity

Last Name: 

Mike

First Name: 

Allyn

Occupation: 

NASA Flight Controller

I have been an engineer at NASA (JSC) for twenty years.  I have worked Shuttle (Payload Ops), NASA Mir (continuous rotation to Russia supporting NASA astronaut and payloads on-board Mir for three years), and now write procedures to build and operate the ISS.  Most recently the procedures are mod kits which retro fit the station and its modules for newly desired capabilities. 

 My analytical/geek side often fights to coexist with my artistic side.  An artist all my life, I write lyrics and poetry, create art by recycling old items (crosses, birdhouses, furniture), do graphic design on the side as well and also love construction and building things... big things, like massive decks!  That engineering comes back into play with my construction projects and while building custom cabinets and renovating my kitchen or knocking a hole in the wall under the stairs for a wine cellar... best of both worlds?

Identity

Last Name: 

Freeman

First Name: 

Susan

Education: 

BSME Texas Tech University

Occupation: 

Aerospace/Systems Engineer

Website: 

Space Is Our Future

The ISS appears to be flying right through the constellation Orion.

The ISS fades as it approaches the Big Dipper.

Accounting Student & Huge Space Buff. Love everything about the Space Shuttle

Identity

Last Name: 

Cohen

First Name: 

Benjamin

Education: 

B.A. Accounting

Occupation: 

CPA Student

Website: 

My Facebook Page

The Aerospace Research & Engineering Systems Institute, Inc., 501 (c)(3) status pending, was founded in January, 2002 with the purpose of bringing innovative space-related educational projects to primary, secondary, and college level students in the state of Florida. The goals include making science and math more interesting to children, stimulating students to study aerospace-related topics, encouraging them to become engineers and to take careers in the aerospace industry in Florida. ARES current effort is a three-phased program called the Florida Aerospace, Science and Technology Education Program, FASTEP. It is comprised of 3 project areas: the Student Rocket Program (SRP), the Launch Systems and Rocketry Education (LASRE) program, and the university microsatellite program.

Identity

Last Name: 

Travis

First Name: 

Matthew

Education: 

University of Illinois, 1988-1998

Occupation: 

Reporter/Videojournalist; Magazine editor, Executive Director of non-profit research firm

Website: 

ARES Institute, Inc.

Did you expect CERN's new LHC particle accelerator to produce breakthrough science while it was being built? Probably not, but many question the usefulness or effectiveness of the International Space Station for scientific research based on what it could accomplish during its assembly and checkout phase.

From what I hear about this issue, I often get the impression that not much is known on what was done on ISS and what its operational constraints were in its early years. In mid 2009 NASA finally published a report that provides some basic facts and data on the research activities and science output of ISS: International Space Station Science Research Accomplishments During the Assembly Years: An Analysis of Results from 2000-2008.

Highly recommended.

Marketing guy with 5 years of Astronomy studies who always wanted to be an astronaut.

Identity

Last Name: 

Mazzanti

First Name: 

Manuel

Education: 

Marketing Astronomy Physics

Occupation: 

Marketing Director US & Latam starMedia / Orange

Website: 

http://www.twitter.com/manumazzanti

I have always been a huge fan of all things related to NASA and space
exploration. Now that I am a father with two boys, I am trying to instill the
fascination of space science into them. While I never quite made it into the
aerospace industry, I did attend Space Camp as an adult and look forward to
taking my boys there someday. I am very thankful to find like-minded people
who are affiliated with NASA or supporters like me.

That desire of wanting to be an astronaut since the 3rd grade never died. Now that I am a father with two boys, I am trying to instill the fascination of space science into them.  While I never quite made it into the aerospace industry, I am now a huge fan and supporter of all things NASA and all things related thereto. 

I am very thankful to find like-minded people who are affiliated with NASA or supporters like me.

Identity

First Name: 

Steve

Education: 

B.S. Chemical Engineering and J.D.

Occupation: 

Law

I thought a few of the folks here might appreciate this. It's a little video tribute to the Space Shuttle, spliced together by yours truly. From the launch pad to the ISS!

I'm going to miss the big lummox when they retire it...