TITLE: Space Shuttle Mission

SPEAKER: Astronaut Shane Kimbrough

ABSTRACT:

The College of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Industrial Systems and Engineering invite you to hear Astronaut Shane Kimbrough speak about his recent space shuttle mission on Friday, June 26th at 10:30 a.m. in the Georgia Tech Student Center Theatre.

Kimbrough, who flew into orbit for the first time aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor last November, is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army and a 1998 graduate of the Georgia Tech Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering with a master's degree in Operations Research.

Kimbrough is in town for the Hometown Heroes Campaign 2009, a program that brings astronauts to their home states to share the exciting message of continued space exploration and scientific research represented by the International Space Station.

The presentation will begin at 10:30am with an autograph session at the end of the presentation.