{"655774":{"#nid":"655774","#data":{"type":"news","title":"A Day With an Astronaut","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering will host a question-and-answer session with NASA astronaut and alumnus \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/robert-shane-kimbrough\/biography\u0022\u003EShane Kimbrough\u003C\/a\u003E on Friday, March 4. The free event, open to students, faculty, and staff, will be held in the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons (room 152) from 12:30 \u0026ndash; 1:30 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKimbrough is returning to his alma mater for the first time since living on the International Space Station (ISS) for six months in 2021. In three trips to space, he has spent 388 days away from Earth, the fourth highest total among U.S. astronauts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event will be moderated by Naia Butler-Craig, a Ph.D. student in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering. Butler-Craig is a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Fellow and a NASA Pathways intern in the Science and Space Technology Systems branch at Glenn Research Center.\u0026nbsp;The Q\u0026amp;A will be streamed live on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/georgiatech\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech YouTube channel\u003C\/a\u003E, where viewers can submit questions. K-12 schools around Atlanta will also participate remotely.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Q\u0026amp;A session is one of several Georgia Tech events for Kimbrough on Friday. He will spend the morning touring labs dedicated to spacecraft design and space-related research. That evening, he will throw out the first pitch at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ramblinwreck.com\/sports\/m-basebl\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s baseball game\u003C\/a\u003E against the University of Georgia. The action starts at 6pm at Russ Chandler Stadium.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKimbrough grew up in Atlanta, attending Georgia Tech sporting events as a kid. He was an NCAA pitcher while earning his undergraduate degree at the United States Military Academy. After nearly a decade serving in the U.S. Army, Kimbrough graduated with a master\u0026rsquo;s degree in operations research from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKimbrough was selected to be an astronaut in 2004. His first mission was aboard space shuttle Endeavour in 2008. He returned to orbit in 2016 aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, serving as commander of the ISS for six months.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELast April, Kimbrough was commander of NASA\/SpaceX Crew-2, launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida. By flying on Crew Dragon, Kimbrough became the fourth person to travel on three different spacecrafts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring his three missions, Kimbrough has taken Georgia Tech jerseys and a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LSvDw0pNx0c\u0022\u003Eflag from the Ramblin\u0026rsquo; Wreck into orbit\u003C\/a\u003E. He also \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/GTAthletics\/status\/1395863469908496386\u0022\u003Ethrew out the first pitch in a taped ceremony from the ISS\u003C\/a\u003E before a 2021 Georgia Tech baseball game and recorded a message that was played during last fall\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/space-day-bobby-dodd-stadium\u0022\u003Espace-themed football game\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Graduate Shane Kimbrough to spend day on campus, four months after returning to Earth"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENASA astronaut and alumnus \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/robert-shane-kimbrough\/biography\u0022\u003EShane Kimbrough\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;will spend Friday, March 4, on campus for a series of events.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"NASA astronaut and alumnus Shane Kimbrough\u00a0will spend March 4 on campus for a series of events.\u00a0"}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2022-02-25 03:21:17","changed_gmt":"2022-02-25 17:42:34","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"652615":{"id":"652615","type":"image","title":"Shane Kimbrough in the space station\u0027s cupola in August (courtesy: NASA)","body":null,"created":"1636479473","gmt_created":"2021-11-09 17:37:53","changed":"1636479473","gmt_changed":"2021-11-09 17:37:53","alt":"Shane Kimbrough in the ISS","file":{"fid":"247592","name":"Shane_Kimbrough-2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Shane_Kimbrough-2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Shane_Kimbrough-2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":110732,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Shane_Kimbrough-2.jpg?itok=HVN3qfH6"}},"655773":{"id":"655773","type":"image","title":"Shane Kimbrough","body":null,"created":"1645758997","gmt_created":"2022-02-25 03:16:37","changed":"1645758997","gmt_changed":"2022-02-25 03:16:37","alt":"Shane Kimbrough","file":{"fid":"248623","name":"shane folded arms crop.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shane%20folded%20arms%20crop.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shane%20folded%20arms%20crop.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61543,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/shane%20folded%20arms%20crop.jpg?itok=Ke3P3qyb"}}},"media_ids":["652615","655773"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"},{"id":"607235","name":"Radiation Effects on Volitiles and Exploration of Asteroids and Lunar Surfaces (REVEALS)"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}