Links To Other Space Days Pages:

Space Days 2009 List of Events (see what Space Days 2010 will be like!)
Apollo 11 Moonwalk
NASA Spinoffs
Cool NASA Stuff
Barbara Morgan Interview Video

Idaho Welcomed 2 Retired NASA Astronauts To Boise For Idaho Space Days 2009!

Wendy Lawrence spoke at the Boise State Special Events Center on Tuesday, August 4th at 7PM. Wendy graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1981. A distinguished flight school graduate, she was designated as a naval aviator in July 1982. Lawrence has more than 1,500 hours flight time in six different types of helicopters and has made more than 800 shipboard landings. While stationed at Helicopter Combat Support Squadron SIX (HC-6), she was one of the first two female helicopter pilots to make a long deployment to the Indian Ocean as part of a carrier battle group. After completion of a master’s degree program at MIT and WHOI in 1988, she was assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light THIRTY (HSL-30) as officer-in-charge of Detachment ALFA. In October 1990, Lawrence reported to the U.S. Naval Academy where she served as a physics instructor and the novice women’s crew coach.

Selected by NASA in March 1992, Lawrence reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. She completed one year of training and is qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist. To date, her technical assignments within the Astronaut Office have included: flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), Astronaut Office Assistant Training Officer, Director of Operations for NASA at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, and Astronaut Office representative for Space Station training and crew support. A veteran of four space flights, Lawrence has logged over 1225 hours in space. Lawrence retired from NASA in June 2006. Wendy will be speaking on her experiences while on Mission STS-114.(link to STS-67, STS-86, STS-91, STS-114 information)

John Herrington spoke at the Boise State Special Events Center on Friday, August 7th at 7PM. John received his commission from Aviation Officer Candidate School in March 1984 and was designated a Naval Aviator in March 1985. He reported to Patrol Squadron Thirty-One (VP-31) at the Moffett Field Naval Air Station, Mountain View, California for initial training in the P-3C Orion. His first operational assignment was with Patrol Squadron Forty-Eight (VP-48) where he made three operational deployments, two to the Northern Pacific based from Naval Air Station Adak, Alaska and one to the Western Pacific based from the Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines. While assigned to VP-48, Herrington was designated a Patrol Plane Commander, Mission Commander, and Patrol Plane Instructor Pilot. Following completion of his first operational tour, Herrington then returned to VP-31 as a Fleet Replacement Squadron Instructor Pilot. While assigned to VP-31 he was selected to attend the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland in January 1990. After graduation in December, 1990, he reported to the Force Warfare Aircraft Test Directorate as a project test pilot for the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System. Herrington conducted additional flight test assignments flying numerous variants of the P-3 Orion as well as the T-34C and the DeHavilland Dash 7. Following his selection as an Aeronautical Engineering Duty Officer, Herrington reported to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School where he completed a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering in June 1995. Herrington was assigned as a special projects officer to the Bureau of Naval Personnel Sea Duty Component when selected for the astronaut program. He has logged over 3,800 flight hours in over 30 different types of aircraft.

Selected by NASA in April 1996, Herrington reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. He completed two years of training and evaluation, and is qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist. Herrington was assigned to the Flight Support Branch of the Astronaut Office where he served as a member of the Astronaut Support Personnel team responsible for Shuttle launch preparations and post-landing operations. He flew on STS-113 logging over 330 hours in space, including 3 EVAs totaling 19 hours and 55 minutes. Herrington retired from the Navy and NASA in July 2005 and currently works for Rocketplane Limited. John will be speaking on his personal experiences that lead him to become an astronaut.(link to STS-113 information)

Barbara Morgan was also on hand to meet the public during our Space Days events. Barbara introduced Wendy Lawrence for the August 4th speaking event, and both Wendy and Barbara were available for autographs after this event. Barbara was also at the Discovery Center at 4:30PM on Wednesday, August 5th, to meet the public and sign autographs, as well as after John Herrington spoke at BSU on August 7th.

Both astronaut speaking engagements at Boise State University were available to the public free of charge!

Updated on August 14, 2009

DCI Interviews Barbara Morgan About The Discovery Center on 3/23/2009 (10 minutes)

Updated on July 22, 2009

SPACE DAYS 2009 EVENTS AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER

Daily Activities: (these activities will be similar to those offered at Space Days 2010 next August)

Monday – August 3rd:

Tuesday – August 4th:

Wendy Lawrence Bio: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lawrence.html

STS-67 Information: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-67/mission-sts-67.html

STS-86 Information: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-86/mission-sts-86.html

STS-91 Information: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-91/mission-sts-91.html

STS-114 Information: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-114.html

Wednesday – August 5th:

Thursday – August 6th:

Friday – August 7th:

Chris McKay Bio:  http://spacescience.arc.nasa.gov/people/mckay/

John Herrington Bio:  http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/herringt.html

STS-113 Information: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-113.html

Saturday - August 8th:

To keep up with our current list of activities, just bookmark our calendar page below:

Link To DCI Calendar of Events

Updated on August 14, 2009