The Atlanta MIT Enterprise Forum has a special event on the calendar November 5 and invites the public. The featured speaker is Colonel Pamela Melroy. She has flown more Space Shuttle missions than any other NASA astronaut. Melroy served as pilot on two flights in 2000 and 2002 and was the mission commander for STS-120 in 2007. She has logged over 924 hours (more than 38 days) in space. All three of her missions involved installation of components on the International Space Station.
Colonel Melroy left the Agency in August 2009 and now serves as Deputy Program Manager, Space Exploration Initiatives, Lockheed Martin. Prior to the Space Program, Col. Melroy was a test pilot in the USAF with over 5,000 hours flight time in more than 50 different aircraft, including 200 combat and combat support hours in the Iraqi theater. She is a 1983 graduate of Wellesley College and earned a masters degree at MIT in 1984.
During this 40th year since the first Apollo Lunar Landing you can see slides and video from Col. Melroy’s most recent flight in space, hear in her words what it means to live and work in space, and learn about the Space Shuttle program, the International Space Station, and the new vehicle, called Orion, being designed to replace the Shuttle. Families, including budding young astronauts, are welcome.
We should emphasize again that the MIT Enterprise Forum invites the public to attend this event! A member’s reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. for members of the MIT Alumni Club, the Wellesley Alumni Club and the MIT Enterprise Forum Members. All other guests are invited to join the reception and light dinner at 6:00 p.m. The program begins at 7:00 PM at the GTRI facility on 14th Street. Register or view details here.
