Mar 14 2011
From The Space Library
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-054 NASA LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE, CELEBRATES WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION
WASHINGTON -- NASA will debut its new Women@NASA website during a Women's History Month event at the agency's Headquarters in Washington at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 16. Approximately 200 local students from elementary through high school level will attend and learn about the significant and varied roles women have played in the agency's history. NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will host the event. The featured guest will be Valerie B. Jarrett, senior advisor and assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs and public engagement, and chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls. The one-hour program will feature NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, who recently returned from a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station, and other notable NASA women whose profiles are on the Women@NASA website. Students in the audience will be able to ask the presenters questions. A pre-show event for the students runs from 12-12:50 p.m. EDT. Students will participate in an interactive science demonstration with Trena Farrell, a NASA aerospace education specialist. The pre-show also will feature a performance by the Science Cheerleaders, a group of professional cheerleaders-turned-scientists and engineers who challenge stereotypes while helping to inspire young women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). STEM education is a key focus of NASA's education efforts aimed at developing the next generation of scientists, engineers and explorers.
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-056 REPORTERS INVITED TO MEET ROBONAUT TUESDAY WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON -- Journalists are invited to tour a NASA Technology exhibit on Tuesday, March 15, from 4 to 5 p.m. EDT in room HVC-201 of the Capitol Visitor Center. The exhibit will include the engineering twin of "Robonaut," a robot designed through a partnership between NASA and General Motors. The original Robonaut launched aboard space shuttle Discovery earlier this month and is about to begin work as a crew member aboard the International Space Station. In addition to Robonaut, NASA exhibits will show how the latest NASA technology advances medicine, improves water quality, designs safer, more efficient airplanes, and brings new solutions to everyday challenges. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, former chairman of the House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, along with Reps. Chaka Fattah, Hansen Clarke and Gary Peters, and NASA Chief Technologist Bobby Braun will be on hand to talk about Robonaut and NASA technology during the event. Other members of Congress also may attend.
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