Deke Slayton Space Week

Deke Slayton Space Week Presenters
 

Chris Amundson- Lead teacher at Sparta Innovations STEM Academy

Brian Barnett- CEO and founder of Solstar Space, former NASA astronaut trainer

Laurel Brandt- Licensed pilot; retired Sparta Area School District teacher who taught mathematics, computer programming, and aerospace science; museum board member

Dr. Simon Gilroy- Professor of Botany at UW-Madison, working with NASA on plant growth on the International Space Station

Homar Hickam- retired NASA astronaut trainer, author

Ruby Kleijwegt- Sierra Space

Dr. Dawn Kopacz- Associate Professor of Practice in Meteorology - Climatology at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Mark Lee- Retired NASA Astronaut, with a Master’s of engineering from MIT, completed 4 successful space shuttle missions

Oakley Moser- Teacher of physics, digital electronics, and AP physics at the Tomah Area School District

Amy Ross- NASA space suit engineer

Larry Scheckel- Retired Tomah Area School District physics teacher, known as “Mr. Science”, famous for the hundreds of science presentations he has done over the years, museum board member

Alyssa Young- Executive Director of the Deke Slayton Memorial Space & BIcycle Museum

* List of presenters is subject to change/update without notice.

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