Astronaut Shannon Walker on Campus March 13-14
Astronaut Shannon Walker will visit the University of Cincinnati on Wednesday and Thursday, March 13 and 14.
Walker will discuss "Living on the International Space Station" at
4 p.m., Wednesday, March 13
, in Room 127, McMicken Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public.
At
noon on Thursday, March 14
, Walker will meet with UC undergraduate and graduate students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines in the atrium of the Geology/Physics Building. She will discuss her experiences as a woman in a science/technology field. Pizza will be provided to students at this event.
Walker has been an astronaut since 2004. She has worked for the Johnson Space Center in Mission Control and in the International Space Station Program prior to serving as an astronaut. In 2010, Walker served as flight engineer (co-pilot) for both the launch and landing of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. She lived on board the International Space Station for almost six months.
Walker's on-campus appearances are sponsored by ADVANCE/LEAF, the UC Department of Physics, the UC Department of Aerospace Engineering, the Greater Cincinnati Association for Women in Science, the Graduate Fellows, Sigma Xi, and the Space Exploration Institute.
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