Black History Month Chats

1998 Archive

February is Black History Month. To celebrate, NASA Quest hosted a series of chats with African American scientists and engineers who contribute their work to the missions and goals of NASA. Below are archives of chats with experts from the 1999 series. Be sure to check our schedule of events to learn about other upcoming chats with NASA experts.

Tuesday, February 2, 1999:

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Female Frontiers Presents: Aprille Ericsson-Jackson, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineer, Goddard Space Flight Center An archive of this chat is available.

Tuesday, February 9, 1999:

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Space Team Online Presents: Janis Davis-Street Nutritionist, Johnson Space Center An archive of this chat is available.

Thursday, February 11, 1999:

Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Space Team Online Presents: Tony Bruins System Engineer/Integrator, EVA Projects Office, Johnson Space Center An archive of this chat is available.

Wednesday, February 17, 1999:

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Jennifer Murray Biomedical Engineer, Kennedy Space Center An archive of this chat is available.

Thursday, February, 18, 1999:

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time The Astrobiology Institute Presents: John Hines Sensors 2000! (S2K!) Program Manager, Ames Research Center An archive of this chat is available.

Thursday, February, 18, 1999:

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Janice Everett Environmental Protection Specialist, Kennedy Space Center An archive of this chat is available.

Wednesday, February 24, 1999

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Female Frontiers Presents: Ruth Simmons, Ph.D. President, Smith College An archive of this chat is available.

Thursday, February 25, 1999

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time NASA Quest Presents: Oran Cox QuestChat Project Manager, Ames Research Center An archive of this chat is available.

Thursday, February 25, 1999

Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Aero Design Team Online Presents: Paul Langston Television Production Specialist, Ames Research Center An archive of this chat is available.

Some special words from Jim Lovell.

During last year's celebration, on January 15, the LTC 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 Quest Project Web page
was last updated on February 18, 1999.