| Event ID: | 17958 |
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| Organization: | Limerick Institute of Technology |
| Event Web Site: | http://www.lit.ie |
| Dates: | 5th October 2017 to 5th October 2017 |
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| Type: | Public |
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| Country: | Ireland |
| State/Province: | Limerick |
| City: | Limerick |
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| Location: | Millennium Theatre Limerick Institute of Technology |
| Event Name: | Space Research and chatting with astronaut Dan Tani at LIT |
| Event Description: | This event will present LIT s involvement in an international collaboration EDEN-ISS which is developing ways to grow crops in extreme climates like space. We will also have the photography exhibit Ireland in Space. The highlight of the event will be a remote presentation by retired astronaut Dan Tani with a question and amp answer session for the audience. American engineer and former NASA astronaut Dan Tani can discuss human spaceflight his experiences in Space and the future of space exploration. Tani had a 16 year career at NASA where he flew on 2 space missions for an accumulated 132 days in space featuring 6 space walks including the 100th spacewalk on the International Space Station. On his first spaceflight (2001) Dan Tani served as a Mission Specialist on the 12-day STS-108 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. On his second spaceflight (2007-2008) he served as a Flight Engineer for 4 months aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as a member of the Expedition 16 crew. He was delivered to the ISS as a member of the STS-120 crew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and was returned to Earth as a member of the STS-122 crew aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. |
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| Attendance: | 100 |
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