July 28, 2024
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Presenter: Dr. Robert Thirsk
Welcome to the Muse 2024 Summer Speaker Series taking place on Sunday afternoons at the Lake of the Woods Museum at 2:00 pm.
In this session What Do Astronauts Do In Space? Robert Thirsk will share personal experiences of his 2009 expedition aboard the International Space Station. Bob will highlight his crew’s launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan and their subsequent rendezvous and docking with the ISS two days later. Working aboard the Station within a collaborative and cross-cultural setting, Bob and his crew performed a variety of experiments on behalf of scientists from around the world. He will describe the nature of daily life aboard a space station and conclude his presentation by recounting the crew’s rollicking return to Earth at the end of their six-month odyssey.
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Dr. Robert Thirsk received degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Medicine and Business Administration from the University of Calgary, MIT and McGill University. Bob has flown on two spaceflights: a mission aboard the shuttle Columbia and an expedition aboard the International Space Station. Although he is now retired from active duty, he continues to promote a role for Canada in the delivery of remote health care to astronauts who will someday venture on missions to deep space. Bob also advocates for a national economy based upon exploration, innovation and lifelong learning.
Admission is by donation.
For more information contact the Museum at 807-467-2105 or by email at info@themusekenora.ca.
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