M E D I A R E L E A S E
August
3,
2007
Contact:
Stephanie M. G. Wright, Ed.D --
Conference Coordinator
TIS-SA Delaware /
President, CEO
Delaware AeroSpace Education
Foundation
302-454-2432
swright@Udel.edu
Gail Breslauer,
Conference Committee
TIS-SA Vermont / Founder,
Director
Vermont Space
Education
Program
802-496-3795
gbres@madriver.com
Robert Foerster, Conference
Committee
Indiana TIS-SA, Final 10
765-543-5460
bob@teacherinspace.org
The 21-year Mission They
Have Been Working and
Waiting For!
62 Teacher in Space-Space
Ambassadors to Attend
Barbara Morgan's Launch
--Cocoa Beach, Florida
As STS
118 approaches the August 7
launch date, at least 62 of the
114 Teacher in Space -Space
Ambassadors will be together for
the launch at Kennedy Space
Center
in Florida to support their
colleague Barbara Morgan,
formerly the Teacher in Space
from Idaho and currently NASA's
first Educator Astronaut to fly.
Morgan
became an official, fully
trained astronaut in 1998 and
will be making her first flight
aboard Endeavour as a Mission
Specialist astronaut.
The
Teacher in Space-Space
Ambassadors (TIS-SAs) are
the 114 state finalists
selected in 1985 who were
in the running for the
opportunity to be the first
Teacher in Space. Christa
McAuliffe was selected with
Barbara Morgan as her back-up.
The
TIS-SAs organized and will be
attending their "TIS-SA
Conference/ STS-118 Launch
Update" from Aug. 4-11 in Cocoa
Beach, Florida. They will also
be at the Kennedy Space Center
for the launch and another day
of education workshop sessions
and special tours.
As a
follow up to the Media Release
sent out on July 15, please find
the TIS-SA itinerary below
inclusive of the dates August 5
- August 11.
TEACHER IN SPACE CONFERENCE
/
STS-118 LAUNCH UPDATE
Flexible Agenda: as of July
31, 2007
Conference Hotel:
Holiday Inn Cocoa Beach
Oceanfront Resort
1300 North Atlantic Avenue
Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
Tel: 321-783-2271
IMPORTANT: If by Friday,
Aug. 3 at 6 pm, the launch
is moved beyond Saturday,
August 11, the conference
will be rescheduled to
accommodate the launch. In
anticipation of this, many
TIS got refundable tickets
and the hotel contract
allows for rescheduling.
Otherwise. it’s a go for
what ever day it flies
during our conference.
Conference
attire: business casual
unless otherwise noted
Please note: Families are
included in all events
except the Saturn V
Reception and segments of
Thursday’s Field Trip to KSC
. “NASA family” attendees
are included in all events
except the Saturn V
Reception (unless you have
received an invitation
directly from NASA.
Saturday, August 4
-- Dolphin Room
Travel and Arrival Day
7:00 to 8:00 pm Pre
registration and advance
payment for meals
(checks only made payable to
“DASEF”)
Sunday,
August 5 --
Dolphin Room
2:00 pm. Registration and
advance payment for meals
(checks only made payable to
“DASEF”)
3:00 pm
Welcome/Introductions/Review
agenda*/Background STS 118
4:00 pm Opening
film/films
4:45 pm Break
5:45 pm
TIS only
Meet in lobby depart from
hotel at 6:00 aboard NASA
bus for Saturn V
Reception at KSC (fancy
business casual)
9:00 pm Depart for hotel
Monday, August
6
-- Dolphin Room
10:00 am Former
Astronaut Dr. Joseph P.
Allen’s Presentation
11:15 am Review Tuesday
and Thursday’s KSC
logistics and agenda*
11:30 am Lunch on your
own
1:30 pm Hawking Center
for Microgravity Education
and Research
Ms. Gwendolyn Anello,
Vice President of Education
and Research
2:15 pm Space Florida
Overview
Mr. Steve Kohler,
President of Space Florida
Tuesday, August 7
-- Dolphin Room
11:00am
Star Making Session
Noon
Lunch on your own
1:30pm
All meet for pictures
TIS Only/TIS and Spouse Only
/ Everyone
2:00 pm Continued STS
118 Briefing
2:30 pm Over view of
launch process/ bus
assignments
3:15 pm Buses and
depart for KSCVC Parking
Area 7
4:15pm
Arrive KSCVC Parking Area 7
all guests de-board buses
for security sweep and all
guests will
bescreened/magnetometer
4:45 pm Re-board buses
and depart for Causeway
5:15 pm Arrive at NASA
Causeway
7:02 pm Launch of
STS-118
Immediately board buses and
depart for hotel
Remainder of the evening is
private and closed to media
Wednesday, August 8
-- Dolphin Room
Networking
on your own
Quick review of Thursday’s
agenda and logistics
