The Hubble Project: An Astronaut’s View

Canceled due NASA Schedule Conflict

We are attempting to reschedule a visit from Lt Col Carey. Check back at News or contact Donna Rosenthal at donna@aem.umn.edu.

Lt. Colonel Duane G. Carey, IT Alumnus and NASA Astronaut

Lt. Col. (USAF) Duane Carey (AEM ’82, MS ’82) will share his experiences from his first flight aboard the space shuttle Columbia earlier this year. During the mission, Carey and others shuttle crew members upgraded and serviced the Hubble Space Telescope, installing the Hubble’s newest scientific instrument, the Advanced Camera for Surveys, as well as a new power unit and solar arrays. Carey has logged more than 3,700 hours in more than 35 types of aircraft. NASA selected him as an astronaut candidate in 1996.

Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, The Institute of Technology Alumni Society and the Department of Astronomy.

• Canceled • October 25, 2002 6:00 – 7:30 P.M. 125 Willey Hall 225 - 19th Ave. S. West Bank Campus See map at: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/WilleyH/index.html

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