Intrepid Museum
Virtual Astronomy Live
Exploring Food in Space
Current Event
Thursday, Oct 15th
5:00PM to 7:00PM EDT
Hear about the nutrition and the food selection for astronauts. See how food is packaged for space and taste testing patterns within the Space Food Systems Lab at NASA with ISS Food System Manager, Ryan Dowdy. Viewers will also hear from former NASA Astronaut Michael Massimino, who will share his stories while in space about the food he ate and some fun food facts about his time in space.
A pre-show will take place at 5:00pm ET with Elysia Segal, lead teaching artist and educator at the Intrepid Museum.
The event is suitable for all ages. For more information and to register, visit www.intrepidmuseum.org.
The event is hosted and co-produced by John “Das” Galloway, founder of the Kerbal Space Academy, and moderated by Summer Ash, an astrophysicist, rocket scientist and freelance writer. This is the seventh in a monthly series of Virtual Astronomy Live programs. The next iteration on November 19 will feature sounds from space.
This program is supported through a NASA Cooperative Agreement awarded to the New York Space Grant Consortium.
Participants
Michael Massimino
@Astro_Mike
Michael Massimino, professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and a former NASA astronaut. He is the senior advisor of space programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.
Ryan Dowdy, Ph.D
NASA Johnson Space Center
Ryan Dowdy, Ph.D., ISS Food System Manager within the Space Food Systems Lab at NASA Johnson Space Center. Ryan received his Ph.D. in Food Science from UC Davis. From food service workers to astronauts, his responsibilities include managing personnel, customer service, data analytics, government contracting, long-term business planning, logistics, and inventory management.
Summer Ash
Moderator
Summer Ash has been both a rocket scientist and an astrophysicist. She is a freelance science writer and communicator whose work has been published in The Atlantic, NBC News, Smithsonian, Now.Space, Scientific American, Slate, and Nautilus.
John “Das”Galloway
Host and Producer
“Das” is a science outreach communicator who specializes in live, interactive video content. He is the creator of the Kerbal Space Academy, where he uses video games as a tool to start science and engineering conversations with viewers of all ages, and VECTORS Virtual Field Trips, which brings real-time interactive video to museums, events, and historical locations. “Das” also serves as a host and producer for NASASpaceflight.com.
Produced by Intrepid Museum in partnership with Kerbal Space Academy and Egress Productions, LLC.