Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Celebrates 40 Years of Apollo
Posted by Brent Bernasconi in Calendar on July 13, 2009
July 20, 2009 to July 21, 2009
Location:
Petco Park (map)
100 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA
Location:
San Diego Air & Space Museum (map)
2001 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, CA
NASA astronaut and California native Dr. Tracy Caldwell will be honored at the San Diego Padres baseball game on July 20. Caldwell will throw out the first pitch as the Padres host the Florida Marlins on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. This year the Padres also celebrate 40 years as a Major League Baseball franchise. Fans will have the chance to meet Caldwell during an autograph session immediately following the first pitch.
On July 21, Caldwell will talk about her life as an astronaut, answer audience questions and sign autographs at the San Diego Air & Space Museum from 9 a.m. to noon. This event is open to the public.
Caldwell was born in Arcadia, CA and received a B.S. in Chemistry from California State University at Fullerton and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California at Davis. Selected by NASA to become an astronaut in 1998, she served as a Mission Specialist during STS-118 in Aug. 2007 and is currently assigned to spend six months on the International Space Station (ISS) as a Flight Engineer and member of the Expedition 23 crew. For Dr. Caldwell’s full bio, click here.
Caldwell joins a team of astronauts who are returning to their home regions as part of NASA’s Hometown Heroes 2009 campaign to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the ISS in orbit and the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing.
