Science and Exploration

Only Human to Both Venture into Space and Climb Mt. Everest Will Speak at AIAA Space 2009 Conference’s “Education Alley”

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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WHAT: Retired NASA Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, the only human to both travel into space and climb Mt. Everest, will speak at the AIAA Space 2009 Conference & Exhibition’s “Education Alley”

Education Alley, AIAA’s innovative aerospace education program, will highlight the world of aerospace engineering and science to over two thousand Pasadena area students in grades K-6 from September 14-17.

WHAT: Retired NASA Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, the only human to both travel into space and climb Mt. Everest, will speak at the AIAA Space 2009 Conference & Exhibition’s “Education Alley”

Education Alley, AIAA’s innovative aerospace education program, will highlight the world of aerospace engineering and science to over two thousand Pasadena area students in grades K-6 from September 14-17.

WHEN: Tuesday, September 15 at 11:15 a.m.

WHERE: Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, Calif.

DETAILS

Tuesday, September 15, 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Exploring From Earth to the Stars (Pasadena Convention Center Exhibit Hall)

Speaker: Scott Parazynski, retired NASA Astronaut and employee of Wyle, will recount his experiences from his five space shuttle missions and from his May 2009 summit of Mt. Everest. Parazynski will be available for media interviews both before and after his talk.

AIAA SPACE 2009 is co-chaired by NASA and the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, and is sponsored by Orbital Sciences Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation. Additional sponsors include The Boeing Company, SpaceX, United Space Alliance, Stellar Solutions, Ball Aerospace Technologies, Harris Corporation, and The Aerospace Corporation. Aerospace America and Space News are the official media sponsors. Additional support will be provided by the California Space Authority, the American Astronautical Society, and the AIAA Technical Activities Committee Space & Missiles Group.

AIAA’s premier annual space conference, AIAA SPACE 2009 serves as a venue for senior government and industry leaders and technologists. Under the theme “Space: New Opportunities for a New Era,” the four-day event will examine the need for increasing America’s commitment to education in the “STEM” subjects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; how best to approach the problems posed by global climate change; how to reduce global fossil fuel consumption; and the role that space exploration and space technologies will play in achieving these goals.

AIAA is the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. With more than 35,000 individual members worldwide, and 90 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit www.aiaa.org.

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