The public is invited to a free talk called “NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO): Preparing Astronauts for Space Exploration” with Kelsey Young in the Pickford Theater, third floor, Madison Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT.
Young is a research scientist who works at both NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Her research interests include using sites on Earth as testing grounds for advancing planetary field geology and developing the technology needed to carry out geologic and geochemical observations on other planetary surfaces, whether on the moon, Mars or asteroids. Young served both as a science backroom member and as a geologist crewmember for the 2010 Desert RATS mission, living in the Space Exploration Rover for one week with astronaut Stephanie Wilson.
Previously, Young spoke at the library on Oct. 19, 2016, about the future of planetary surface exploration.
Young returns to the Library of Congress to discuss the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, NEEMO, a NASA mission that sends groups of astronauts, engineers and scientists to live and work in Aquarius, an undersea research station and an analog for space exploration.
NEEMO missions are run in the Aquarius habitat to explore new technologies and science questions that will face future planetary explorers. Specifically, Young will talk about the results of the NEEMO 21 mission and plans for the upcoming NEEMO 22 mission, and how these tests fit into plans to once again send humans beyond low-Earth orbit.
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For inquiries about this or upcoming talks at the Library of Congress, the public can contact the library’s Science, Technology and Business Division at 202-707-5664. ADA accommodations should be requested five business days in advance at 202-707-6382 (voice/tty) or ada@loc.gov.
The lecture will be later broadcast on the library’s webcast page and YouTube channel “Topics in Science” playlist.
For more information contact Stephanie Marcus at 202-707-1212 or smar@loc.gov or visit: http://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/
For directions, visit: http://www.loc.gov/visit/maps-and-floor-plans/
For information about NEEMO, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NEEMO/index.html
Rob Gutro / Lora Bleacher
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-0697 / 2009
Robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov / Lora.v.bleacher@nasa.gov