TUESDAY, JANUARY 14
SPACE EXPLORATION: FROM SPUTNIK TO THE ISS
Over the past 45 years, robotic spacecraft have explored Earth,
its atmosphere, the Sun and the moon, comets and all of the
planets, except for distant Pluto. Telescopes in Earth’s orbit
study stars and galaxies to help us understand the origin and early
history of the universe. Today, man has a "home away from home" in
space via the International Space Station.
Andrew Chaikin, well-known writer and author on space
exploration and astronomy, will speak on "Space Exploration:
Sputnik to the International Space Station" at a colloquium at 2
p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 14, at NASA Langley's H.J.E. Reid Conference
Center.
Media Briefing: A media briefing will be held at 1:15
p.m. at the H.J.E. Reid Conference Center, 14 Langley Blvd., at
NASA Langley Research Center. Members of the media who wish to
attend should contact Kimberly W. Land at (757) 864-9885 or
344-8611 (mobile) for credentials.
Chaikin, a Brown University graduate, worked on the Viking
missions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and was a researcher
at the Smithsonian's Center for Earth and Planetary Studies before
becoming a science journalist in 1980.
From 1999 to 2001, Chaikin served as executive editor for space
and science at SPACE.com as well as editor of SPACE.com's print
magazine, Space Illustrated. He is a commentator for
National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" program, and has appeared
on ABC’s "Good Morning America," "Nightline," and the NPR
programs "Fresh Air" and "Talk of the Nation."
Chaikin authored "A Man on the Moon: The Triumphant Story of the
Apollo Space Program," first published in 1994. This acclaimed work
was the basis for Tom Hanks' HBO miniseries, "From the Earth to the
Moon," which won the Emmy for best miniseries in 1998. A
three-volume, fully illustrated edition of "A Man on the Moon" was
published by Time-Life books in 1999. Chaikin also wrote "Space: A
History of Space Exploration in Photographs," published in
2002.
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