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 NEW
6th Annual Toast to IAP - Houston
Because No One Does January Like MIT |
 Come
join us for the 6th Annual Toast to IAP !
Once
again it is time to ring in the New Year,
MIT style. And what better way than to salute the next best thing
to summer for an MIT student, IAP! So, join your fellow MITers and
celebrate January the right way.
The Club of South
Texas is pleased to sponsor “IAP Night In Houston” at
13 Celsius in mid-town. The
MIT Alumni Association is coordinating “IAP Night” with MIT Clubs
across the country to carry on the spirit of IAP. Enjoy the company
of new and old friends at a watering hole in your area while
enjoying some IAP-style games. |
Wednesday, January 21,
2009
6:00 - 9:00pm
13 Celsius
3000 Caroline
Houston, TX 77004
map
(713) 529-8466
Point of contact:
Tarik Ward
Cost:
Cash Bar, Free Appetizers
RSVP:
Although
there is no event fee, please RSVP via
SmarTrans™ to help us plan for this event |
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NEW
Workshop Houston
Volunteer Opportunity |
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Please join us for a day of
demolition and construction of
Workshop Houston's third building! If you don't really want to
get your hands dirty, come anyway! All the shops will be open and
there will be staff on hand to show you around. You are welcome to
participate in any way you can!
Workshop Houston, recently highlighted in a
Dec 29, 2008 Houston Chronicle article, is a non-profit
organization dedicated to empowering Houston's youth. Workshop
Houston provides enrichment activities for children in 5 shops:
Third Ward Bike Shop (do-it-yourself bike repair), the Chopper Shop
(welding and metal fabrication), the Beat Shop (hip-hop music
production), the Style Shop (fashion design) and the Scholar Shop
(academic support and tutoring). |
Saturday, January 10, 2009
10 am - 2 pm
Workshop Houston
3529 Sauer St.
Houston, TX 77004
Click
here
for a Map and Directions
Questions? Please
contact
Tarik Ward
We appreciate any help you can
provide. Hope to see you there! |
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MIT Alums In Space – Four, At
The Same Time!
(updated 12-02-2008)
There have been many times in
which two MIT astronauts have been in space at the same time
(6 Space Shuttle missions and 1 Apollo mission), but for the
first time in NASA history, four MIT astronauts
were in
space simultaneously in November, 2008.
MIT Alums
Stephen Bowen ENG '93 and
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper '84
launched into space on Nov 14, 2008 via Space Shuttle
Mission STS-126 and joined MIT Alums Greg Chamitoff
PhD '92 and
Mike Fincke '89 on the International Space Station
(ISS) on Nov 16, 2008.
Bowen,
Chamitoff,
Fincke and
Stefanyshyn-Piper
were together on the ISS from Nov 16 through Nov 28, 2008.
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and ISS018E009371 (21
Nov. 2008) ---
Left
to right: Greg Chamitoff, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper,
Stephen Bowen, Mike Fincke.
Image credit: NASA |
Fincke
will stay on the ISS through April 2009.
Click Here for the Latest ISS Mission Status
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From
May 2008 to May 2009,
a MIT Astronaut will be a member of every Shuttle and ISS
Expedition mission
A total of nine MIT Astronauts
will be in space from May 2008 to May 2009, and four of the
nine will be going to space for the first time:
Greg Chamitoff,
Stephen Bowen,
Dominic Antonelli, and
Christopher Cassidy
Click here
for a graphical timeline of the May 2008 - May 2009
timeframe....
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more... |
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