Black History Month
Chats and Forums

February is Black History Month. To celebrate, NASA Quest will host a series of QuestChats and forums with African American men and women who contribute their work in support of NASA's mission and goals. Below is the current schedule which may be added to over time. Be sure to check our schedule of events to learn about other upcoming chats with NASA experts.

Thursday, February 3, 2000:

Event: Chat Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Laurie Marshall Aerospace Engineer, Dryden Flight Research Center Archive

Tuesday, February 8 - Thursday, February 10, 2000:

Event: Forum Time: Beginning 8:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Julie Williams-Byrd Electronics Engineer/Aerospace Technologist, Langley Research Center Archive

Tuesday, February 8, 2000:

Event: Chat Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Kim Hubbard Computer Scientist, Ames Research Center 1998 BHM Archive Archive Also see upcoming chats for National Engineers' Week

Wednesday, February 9, 2000:

Event: Chat Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Patricia Cowings, Ph.D. Research Psychologist and Acting SLR Branch Department Chief, Ames Research Center Archive

Wednesday, February 16, 2000:

Event: Chat Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Dionne Jackson Analytical Chemist, Kennedy Space Center Archive

Thursday, February 17, 2000:

Event: Chat Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Janis Davis-Street Nutritionist, Johnson Space Center 1998/1999 BHM Archives Archive

Wednesday, February 23, 2000:

Event: Chat Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Daniel Winterhalter, Ph.D. Space Plasma Physicist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Archive

Thursday, February 24, 2000:

Event: Chat Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Aprille Ericsson-Jackson, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineer, Goddard Space Flight Center 1999 BHM Archive Archive Also see upcoming chats for National Engineers' Week

Thursday, February 24, 2000:

Event: Chat Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Jennifer Murray Biomedical Engineer, Kennedy Space Center 1999 BHM Archive Archive

Thursday, February 24, 2000:

Event: Chat Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Tony Bruins System Engineer/Integrator, Johnson Space Center 1999 BHM Archive Archive Also see upcoming chats for National Engineers' Week

Tuesday, February 29, 2000:

Event: Chat Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Oran Cox QuestChat Project Manager, Ames Research Center 1999 BHM Archive Archive

Tuesday, February 29, 2000:

Event: Chat Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Donald James Education Branch Director/Chief, Ames Research Center Archive

Some Special Words

Thoughts from Jim Lovell.	"I Have a Dream"	Presidential Proclamation

Related Links

• Black History Pages
  • The Tuskegee Airmen
• Blacks in Aviation
• SPOTLIGHT: Showcasing African American
  Contributions to Science, Technology and Medicine
• This Week in Black History

During our January 15, 1998 celebration, the NASA Quest hosted a live event. The event featured the video "Follow The Drinking Gourd" a web chat and several classroom activities demonstrating how the Big Dipper was used to help guide slaves to freedom. Click here to see the archive of these materials.

This NASA Quest page
was last updated on February 17, 2000.