Young Ambassadors Programme

MajorTim.space Young Ambassador Programme – interview with Dr James Green

Dr James Green
James is the former NASA Chief Scientist – retired in January 2022.
From 2006 to 2018, Jim was the director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters.
In 2015, he provided guidance as a part of the NASA collaboration on the film ‘The Martian’.

 

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MajorTim.space Young Ambassador Programme – interview with Gerry Griffin

Gerry Griffin
Gerry joined NASA in 1964 as a Gemini flight controller – specialising in guidance and navigation systems.
In 1968 he became an Apollo flight director and served in that role for all of the Apollo manned missions.
He was lead flight director for three lunar landing missions: Apollo’s 12, 15 and 17.  After Apollo Gerry served as the deputy director of the Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center and the Kennedy Space Center before returning to Johnson Space Center as director.
During the flight of Apollo 13 Gerry was scheduled to lead the lunar landing team in Mission Control.  When the landing was cancelled as a result of the oxygen tank explosion, he led one of the teams of flight controllers who were responsible for the safe return of the astronauts.
Gerry was a technical advisor for the movies Apollo 13, Contact, Deep Impact and Apollo 18.

 

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MajorTim.space Young Ambassador Programme – Inventions for Kids Invent Stuff – June 2022

MajorTim.space Young Ambassador Megan Nicholson – Pasta Baker 2.0
MajorTim.space Young Ambassador Thomas Nyman – Healthy Tech Chair
MajorTim.space Young Ambassador Florence Dowrick – Spikey thing
MajorTim.space Young Ambassador Myle Ali Faraz -Useless Bowling Machine
MajorTim.space Young Ambassador Eva Raghavendra – Magician Dress

 

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