The lecture takes place in the
Fitzgerald (Physics) Building, Trinity College Dublin, on March 8.
Tickets cost 7euro (5euro
members rate) and there is a
DVD available for anyone who
cannot make it to the talk on the night.
2. Endeavour and
ISS
Work is still ongoing on board the ISS where the crew of the Space
Shuttle Endeavour (Mission STS-130) are installing a new node,
designed to enhance the stations life support and environmental systems
such as oxygen generation and water recycling. This mission marks the 33rd trip dedicated to the
assembly, maintenance and improvement of the International Space Station, and is
one of the last 5 flights of the shuttle programme which is due to be
decommissioned in September.
On Wednesday, February 17, at 4:17 p.m.
EST all 11 astronauts and cosmonauts on the docked vehicles received a
congratulatory phone call from President Barack Obama, who was accompanied at
the White House by a dozen middle school students from across the country who
are in Washington, D.C. for a national engineering competition. President Obama
congratulated the crew on their work, and added that he was “very
excited about putting research dollars into the technologies” that will get
humans to Mars and beyond. To read more about President Obama's phone call click
HERE.
For more information about Endeavour and future Shuttle missions
visit www.nasa.gov and to
watch live space walks from this mission go to www.nasa.gov/ntv.