Talk on space technoloty, exploration, aeronautics research and space center practices by Robert "Hoot" Gibson

Retired NASA astronaut Robert "Hoot" Gibson will be sharing his experience about his astronaut days.

Date: Sunday 20 October 2007
Time: 10am to 12pm
Place: Dewan Serbaguna SS3 (SS3 Multi-purpose Hall)
Address: Road SS3/14, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Contact: 016-242 0713
016-314 4991
019-388 6122

Background information on Robert "Hoot" Gibson:

• 1978: Selected by NASA


• August 1979: became an astronaut
  
• 1984 - 1995: flown 5 missions - STS 41-B, STS 61-C, STS-27, STS-47, STS-71


• Completed a total of 36 1/2 days in space


• December 1972 - September 1994: served as Chief fo the Astronaut Office


• March - November 1996: served as Deputy Director, Flight Crew Operations


• 27 June - 7 July 1995:
  
  
  
  • commanded a crew of seven-members (up) and eight-members (down) on Space Shuttle mission STS-71
  
  
  • first Space Shuttle mission to dock with the Russian Space Station Mir, and involved an exchange of crew
  
  
  • The Atlantis Space Shuttle was modified to carry a docking system compatible with the Russian Mir Space Station
  
  
  • It also carried a Spacelab module in the payload bay in which the crew performed various life sciences experiments and data collections
  
  
  • Mission duration was 235 hours and 23 minutes.

Map to SS3 Multi-purpose Hall, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

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