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Schedule
Thursday, April 25, 2002
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Below is our schedule of confirmed events for the day.
4/22-4/25 Future Flight Contest
4/22-4/25 Astronaut
Video Contest
4/25 Hourly Webchats and Webcasts
4/25 Day Long Forum
Each hour on the hour from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. PDT / 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CDT / 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT we will host interactive webchats and webcasts. Registration is not required for these events.
| Date | Time | Event Type | Grade Level | Event | Description |
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| Thursday, April 25, 2002 | 8 AM - 3 PM Pacific, 10 AM - 5 PM Central, 11 AM - 6 PM Eastern |
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all | Day Long Forum Details below |
In celebration of Take Our Daughters to Work Day and the Centenniel of Flight , mentors will answer your questions and engage in dialogue about the accomplishments women have made to the NASA legacy, flight, aeuronautics and space. |
| Thursday, April 25, 2002 | 8 AM - 9 AM Pacific 10 AM - 11AM Central 11 AM- NOON Eastern |
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all | Interactive webcast on JETS! |
Join April, one of the few female corporate jet pilots and jet pilot instructor as she discusses this new field for women. Her enthusiasm for flying, travel, and making your career exciting will ignite your students thinking about future career paths in the aeronautical sciences. In flight video of April in action will be shown.Watch the Archive
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| Thursday, April 25, 2002 | 9 AM - 10 AM Pacific 11 AM - NOON Central NOON - 1 PM Eastern |
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all | Interactive Webchat with our Ameila expert! |
Did you know that in a recent survey over 65% of American women chose Amelia Earhart as the one women they admired most? Don't miss this unique opportunity to chat with aviation historian and author, Carol Osborne, who coauthored a book with Amelia's sister.Read the Archive |
| Thursday, April 25, 2002 | 10 AM - 11 AM Pacific NOON - 1 PM Central 1 PM - 2 PM Eastern |
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all | Panel discussion and live webcast featuring Cecilia Aragon, aerobatic champion pilot, Wendy Holforty, NASA Aerospace Engineer and Civil Air Patrol pilot, and Mitzi Saylor, B-737 Captain | Join hundreds of students and our panel of pilots live from the NASA
Ames Main Auditorium. Our lively discussion will include questions
from participants in our audience here at NASA and logging in remotely
and will pay tribute to women in aviation and their contribution to
the first 100 years of flight. Watch the Archive |
| Thursday, April 25, 2002 | 11 AM - NOON Pacific 1 PM - 2 PM Central 2 PM - 3 PM Eastern |
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all | Interactive Webchat with Aerospace Fanny Zuniga offered for English and Spanish speaking students. |
Join Fanny Zuniga who works in NASA Ames Virtual Motion Simulator where all NASA astronauts and pilots come to train. During this unique bilingual opportunity, questions asked in English will be answered in English and questions asked in Spanish wll be answered in Spanish. Additional bilingual resources. |
| Thursday, April 25, 2002 | NOON - 1 PM Pacific 2 PM - 3 PM Central 3 PM - 4 PM Eastern |
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all | Astronaut Video Contest |
Only here on NASA Quest,
view 3 live video interviews with NASA astronauts: Eileen Colins,
Susan Helms, and Shannon Lucid. Then take a stab at answering our
contest questions and win cool NASA prizes. Erol from
Sunnyvale is our contest winner with the correct answer. The 13 letter word
that describes this day is INSPIRATIONAL. |
Thursday, April 25, 2002 | 1 PM - 2 PM Pacific 2 PM - 3 PM Central 3 PM - 4 PM Eastern |
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all | Interactive Webchat about Autogenic Feedback Training Exercise and Telemedicine |
Dr. Pat Cowings is a research psychologist and studies how people adapt to space and tries to develop methods to help them adapt faster. Her extensive work in Human Factors and Biofeedback has made her an expert resource on using various techniques to overcome motion sickness. Read the Archive |
| Thursday, April 25, 2002 | 2 PM - 3 PM Pacific 4 PM - 5 PM Central 6 PM - 7 PM Eastern |
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all | Interactive Webcast on Leisure flying / flying for fun | Join Lorna, a private pilot who flies for pleasure, the fun and freedom
of flying; as well as the mental stimulation of learning and perfecting
new flying skills. She will show you how to prepare a flight plan.
Live in flight video will be used to demonstrate the essentials for
a safe and successful route. Watch the Archive |
| Thursday, April 25, 2002 | 3 PM Pacific 5 PM Central 6 Eastern |
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all | Contest winner announced | Erol from Sunnyvale, CA is the winner in our
Astronaut Video Contest. The correct 13 letter word that describes this day is
INSPIRATIONAL. Tina Marie from Detroit, Michigan won our Future Flight Contest with her unbelievable design for future flight. Congratulations Erol and Tina! |
| Mentor | Area of Expertise | Related Links and Research | Marta Bohn-Meyer | Marta is Director of the Office of Safety
and Mission Assurance at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. Marta
enjoys building and flying aerobatic airplanes. She is the first female
crewmember assigned to the SR-71 aircraft. Read the Archive |
Profile |
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| Joyce Dever | Joyce Dever contributes to spaceflight
from "behind the scenes." Her expertise is in how the space environment
affects materials used on spacecraft exterior surfaces. Her laboratory
testing has assured that materials used on the International Space
Station will survive and function properly for many years. She continues
to research space environment effects for future
spacecraft. Read the Archive |
Profile |
| Kathryn Clark | Kathryn Clark is NASA's Chief
Scientist for the Human Exploration & Development of Space Enterprise.
Having completed a 2-year term as NASA's Chief Scientist for the International
Space Station Program, Dr. Clark became the HEDS Chief Scientist in
August, 2000. She oversees education and outreach activities related
to any human space flight endeavors, including the International Space
Station, the shuttle, any expendable launch vehicles intended to further
human endeavors in space, and future missions to the Moon and
Mars. Read the Archive |
Profile |
| Rosaly Lopez Gaultier | Rosaly has a P.h.D. in Astronomy
and is a student pilt. She is the science coordinator for the Near
Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS), one of the major instruments
used for observation in spacecraft. Read the Archive |
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| Young Women of NASA Advisory Council representatives: Tina and Sarah |
The Young Women of NASA Advisory Council was formed to bring the ideas, enthusiasm, and experiences of young women together - enriching Women of NASA with a more student-driven focus. The young women represented were chosen based on their diverse experiences within existing mentoring projects and their unique attributes and contributions they will add to our outreach efforts. Join our newest member of the Young Women of NASA Advisory Council,
Anna, student pilot! As we
honor women who are contributed to the history of flight, we thought
it only fitting to also include a young pilot who is currently making
her own mark in history. |
Young Women of NASA Advisory Council
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Questions and comments about this event and other
Women of NASA events can be sent to: tkrieg@quest.arc.nasa.gov
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