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Kennedy Space Center's
Role in
Astronaut Health
On The International Space Station

Gregg Buckingham
Philip Scarpa
James Halsell

Bruce Melnick

 

This month Kennedy Space Center will be presenting a Webcast on Astronauts' Health on the International Space Station. Hosting the event will be Gregg Buckingham, Program Manager for University Programs here at KSC. This month's guests will be Dr. Phil Scarpa a Flight Surgeon for NASA/KSC and Astronauts' James Donald Halsell, Jr. and Bruce Melnick will be talking about their experiences while living in space. There will be a wide variety of questions about astronaut health. If you would like to know how astronauts'stay healthy on long missions come and join the fun and participate in a very unique and informative event!

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Several events will take place leading up to the webcast -See the schedule below.


Schedule of events


Lesson Guide Available
May 17th

The Lesson Guide is designed to assist you in understanding the topics of discussion for the webcast. Please review this information PRIOR to the webcast so that you will be prepared to ask your questions!

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Webcast -May 23rd
10am PST

Gregg Buckingham will host the May 23rd Webcast from Kennedy Space Center at 10 am PST. Gregg will be interviewing our featured expert Dr. Phil Scarpa. There will also be two film clips with Astronaut Donald Halsell, Jr and Astronaut Bruce Melnick talking about their experiences while living in space. Dr. Phil Scarpa is looking forward to answering your questions during this months webcast.
SEE YOU THERE !


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Chat-June 6th at 10am PST

Do you have questions about astronauts' health? Our expert Dr. Phil Scarpa will be happy to explain how important it is to monitor the astronauts health while they are living in space, and then follow up with examinations when they come back to earth. Join Dr. Phil in the chat room to discuss a very important topic, the health of our astronauts!

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