{"66377":{"#nid":"66377","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Hosts Space Shuttle Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nGeorgia Institute of Technology and NASA will review the achievements of the\nagency\u0027s Space Shuttle Program and look ahead to the future of space\nexploration during a symposium June 6-8.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will host\n\u0022The Space Shuttle: An Engineering Milestone,\u0022 at the university\u0027s\nGlobal Learning Center at 84 5th Street N.W. The event is open to media.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium will bring\ntogether an international group of scientists, technologists, engineers,\nmission designers, policymakers and students to discuss the shuttle era\u0027s\nsignificant contributions and exchange ideas about the future of space\ntransportation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe space shuttle program is an engineering\naccomplishment no other country has been able to duplicate,\u201d said Robert Loewy,\nconference chair and Georgia Tech professor of aerospace engineering. \u201cThe\nsymposium is intended to honor those who contributed to the design,\nconstruction, operation and scientific data-taking that the three decades of\nthe shuttle\u0027s operation have made possible.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson\nwill give a welcome and NASA Administrator Gen. Charles Bolden will open the\nsymposium on Tuesday, June 7. Other speakers include Doug White, deputy\nassociate program manager for the orbiter element; Steve Hawley and Shannon\nLucid, NASA astronauts; Bill Hill, assistant associate administrator for the\nSpace Shuttle Program; and Michael Gazarik, NASA deputy chief technologist.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The\nSpace Shuttle Program has accomplished many amazing things for the entire\nworld,\u0022 Bolden said. \u0022Not least of which is the construction of the\nInternational Space Station, which will anchor our human spaceflight activities\nfor the coming decade and provide unparalleled opportunities for critical\nresearch and technology demonstrations that will help us reach destinations\nfarther in the solar system.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESpeakers will highlight some of the many\nscientific discoveries about Earth, the solar system and universe enabled by\nthe space shuttle program and how it has advanced technology and affected\npeoples\u2019 lives across the globe.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe shuttle program has spanned three decades\nof operation, and its last flight will be the STS-135 mission targeted for a July\n8 launch. The five orbiters, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and\nEndeavour, have flown more than 130 times, carrying more than 360 people into\nspace and traveling more than half a billion miles. Designed to return to Earth\nand land like a giant glider, the shuttle was the world\u0027s first reusable space\nvehicle.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has a long history of contributing\nto NASA research and programs. In 1917, the U.S. Army created a school of\nmilitary aeronautics \u2013 one of eight in the nation \u2013 at Georgia Tech, and in\n1930, the Guggenheim Foundation contributed a grant to establish it as one of\nthe nation\u0027s first schools of aeronautics in the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EToday, Georgia Tech is home to some of the nation\u0027s\nmost accomplished faculty and laboratories for the study and advancement of\nrocket propulsion. Fourteen Georgia Tech graduates are NASA astronauts,\nincluding Eric Boe, who piloted the final flight of Discovery in May, and\nSandra Magnus, who will be a mission specialist on Atlantis\u2019 final flight later\nthis month.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conference is sponsored by Georgia Tech\u2019s\nDaniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, with the co-sponsorship of\nNASA, the Georgia Space Grant Consortium, the Boeing Company and the American\nInstitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Registration is required for the general public to attend.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENASA Media Contacts:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDavid S. Weaver\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHeadquarters,\nWashington\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E202-358-1600\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:david.s.weaver@nasa.gov\u0022\u003Edavid.s.weaver@nasa.gov\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAngela Storey\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMarshall Space Flight\nCenter, Huntsville, Ala.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E256-714-4370\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Angela.d.storey@nasa.gov\u0022\u003EAngela.d.storey@nasa.gov\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nGeorgia Institute of Technology and NASA will review the achievements of the\nagency\u0027s Space Shuttle Program and look ahead to the future of space\nexploration during a symposium June 6-8. Georgia Tech will host\n\u0022The Space Shuttle: An Engineering Milestone,\u0022 at the university\u0027s\nGlobal Learning Center at 84 5th Street N.W. The event is open to media.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech and NASA will review the achievements of the agency\u0027s Space Shuttle Program and look ahead to the future of space exploration June 6-8"}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-06-03 13:22:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:49","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66378":{"id":"66378","type":"image","title":"NASA","body":null,"created":"1449176931","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:51","changed":"1475894589","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:09","alt":"NASA","file":{"fid":"193305","name":"nasa_logo.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nasa_logo.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nasa_logo.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":9403,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/nasa_logo.gif?itok=aBvOaPGz"}},"66380":{"id":"66380","type":"image","title":"Astronaut Eric Boe","body":null,"created":"1449176950","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:09:10","changed":"1475894589","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:09","alt":"Astronaut Eric Boe","file":{"fid":"193306","name":"09p1006-p29-009.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/09p1006-p29-009.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/09p1006-p29-009.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2091604,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/09p1006-p29-009.jpg?itok=b4qFroSt"}}},"media_ids":["66378","66380"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.regonline.com\/builder\/site\/default.aspx?EventID=923094","title":"NASA \u0026 Georgia Tech Space Shuttle Symposium"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ae.gatech.edu\/","title":"Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.regonline.com\/builder\/site\/tab2.aspx?EventID=923094","title":"Agenda"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"13327","name":"Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"},{"id":"13329","name":"NASA Administrator Bolden; Robert Loewy"},{"id":"171088","name":"Space Shuttle Program"},{"id":"167061","name":"symposium"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}