Special Events

  • 4/18 Engineering Students Live Talk with ISS Astronaut

     

    UConn alum Rick Mastracchio '82 (ENG), one of six astronauts currently stationed aboard the International Space Station, will engage in a live Question & Answer session with students from UConn’s School of Engineering at 12:45 p.m. EST Friday, April 18.

    The event will be broadcast live on NASA TV and streamed on the web at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

    UConn is one of three schools from which Mastracchio earned his degrees that are participating in the program. UConn’s portion of the event will lead off the program and run approximately six minutes.

     

    For more information, contact: Colin Poitras/University Communications at colin.poitrass@uconn.edu