You may never make it into space, but you may get the opportunity to meet someone else who will.
Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is visiting on Friday April 17. He is a Canadian Space Agency astronaut working with NASA’s Astronaut Training Branch and as Capcom at NASA’s Mission Control Center (the voice between the ground and the International Space Station) while he awaits a flight assignment.
Students from Northern Ontario will have the opportunity to hear Hansen, an Ontario-born and raised astronaut, speak about his career path, training, experiences and his on-going work at the CSA and with National Aeronautics and Space Administration says a news release issued by the city's Economic Development department.
Candore College will be hosting morning sessions for secondary and post-secondary students at its Aviation Campus and afternoon sessions will take place at select local schools for elementary and intermediate students.
The event is being launched as an opportunity to educate area youth about the prospects and possibilities in the fields of space and aerospace by inspiring and encouraging them to pursue an education and career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Mayor Al McDonald added, “Through initiatives like this and the Regional FIRST Robotics Competition the City of North Bay
continues to promote advanced manufacturing, robotics and aerospace opportunities to area students. We are training and educating our children today for the jobs of tomorrow”.
A full bio of Jeremy Hansen is available online at www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/biohansen.asp
