Hear about Latin Americans’ contributions to aviation and space exploration. Take part in bilingual story times and hands-on activities presented in collaboration with the Smithsonian Latino Center.
Scheduled Events
Dance Party!
Jim Byers, WPFW Latin Flavor Host will be playing Latino Space Age hits from the 1950s and 1960s.
Location: America by Air
Times: 11:00 AM – Noon, 1-2:30 PM
Story Times:
El Mundo de Copocuqu: La Reina Gravedad y el Ray Masa (The World of Copocuqu: The Queen of Gravity and the King of Mass), An interactive story in Spanish and English presented by Adriana Ocampo
Location: Space Race (Gallery 114)
11:30 AM & 1:30 PM
Violet the Pilot (in English with translator available)
Location: Pioneers of Flight
11:00 AM & 1:30 PM
Informal Presentations throughout the Day
NASA Engineers:
Oscar Gonzales - Contributes to NASA’s robotic science and human exploration missions
Michael Aguilar - Contributes to space craft command, flight simulators, James Webb Telescope flight software
Both participated in last year’s rescue of the Chilean Miners
NASA Planetary Scientist:
Adriana Ocampo, Science Program Manager, Planetary Science Division
Responsible for the Juno mission to Jupiter and NASA collaboration in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Venus Express Mission
Students:
University of Maryland, Clark School of Engineering, Aerospace Division
Representatives:
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Hands on activities for all ages
This program is made possible by the generous support of Northrop Grumman Corporation.