Intrepid Museum
Virtual Astronomy Live
EXPLORING ASTRONAUT PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART
PAST EVENT
Thursday, July 16
5:00PM to 7:00PM EDT
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum will present a Virtual Astronomy Live program on Thursday, July 16 from 5:30PM to 7:00 p.m. EST. This free event will explore the experiences of astronauts and how their extraordinary voyages in space can kindle creative expression. Many astronauts have been inspired to use art and photography to convey the sense of wonder they feel when they look down on our home planet.
NASA astronaut Donald R. Pettit, along with Andrea Meado, a geoscientist for the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at NASA Johnson Space Center, will share their experiences with artistry inspired by space.
The event is suitable for all ages. For more information and to register, visit www.intrepidmuseum.org.
This is the fourth in a monthly series of Virtual Astronomy Live programs. The next iteration on August 20 will feature Spaceflight and Gaming.
The Intrepid Museum’s Virtual Astronomy Live is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The Intrepid Museum’s Virtual Astronomy Live is also generously supported by New York Space Grant Consortium.
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.
Participants
Donald R. Pettit
NASA Astronaut
A veteran of three spaceflights, Pettit served as NASA Science Officer for Expedition 6 in 2003, operated the robotic arm for STS-126 in 2008 and served as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 30/31 in 2012, where he lived aboard the International Space Station for more than 6 months. Pettit used the camera and his outstanding photography skills on orbit to capture great views from space including imagery of the stars in an artistic way.
Andrea Meado
Meado works as a geologist for the Earth Science and Remote Sensing (ESRS) Unit at NASA Johnson Space Center where she works with astronaut photography of Earth. Meado trains astronauts to take photos of Earth from the International Space Station that fulfill science imagery requests and help with disaster response. Meado is also a science writer for NASA Earth Observatory. In her free time, Meado paints and creates stained glass art which are often inspired by her passion for Earth science.
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.
This event is produced by Intrepid Museum in partnership with Kerbal Space Academy and Egress Productions, LLC.
The Intrepid Museum’s Astronomy Nights are generously supported by New York Space Grant Consortium.