Tranquility Foundation, in partnership with Tranquility Masonic Lodge and in keeping with Freemasonry’s historic support of public education, proudly sponsors teachers attending this year’s Space Exploration Educators Conference. Thanks to each of you for teaching the next generation of space SEEC is a unique opportunity for educators from around the Globe to meet up and find out what is happening in the Space Program and how they can share the excitement of space with their students. After attending the 22nd Annual Space Exploration Educators Conference you will go home recharged and ready to ignite the minds of your students! Network with the top scientists, engineers and educators from the United States, Canada, and Japan. Hear Keynotes by leaders in the space program. Collect exciting materials to inspire your students and enhance your classroom. Hear from astronauts and engineers currently working on space exploration. Earn up to 24 Professional Development hours. Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016 3-6 p.m. Early bird check-in Tour our new Independence Plaza Exhibit, brought to you by Boeing Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 7:15 a.m. Check-in begins 7:45 a.m. SEEC 101 (A must for all new attendees to SEEC) in Blast-Off! Theater 8:30 a.m. Welcome address and keynote (Space Center Theater)– John Horack 10:15-11:30 a.m. First session (60 min) 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch buffet in Astronaut Gallery Book signing- Astronaut Clay Anderson (Space trader gift shop) 12:45-2:15 p.m. Second session (90 min) 2:45-4:15 p.m. Third session (90 min) 4:45 p.m. Dismiss (bus runs begin) 5:00 p.m. Those staying for Epicurean will go to Blast-Off! Theater for a pre-Epicurean entertainment game show. 6:30-9:30 p.m. “A Taste of Space” Epicurean Event (bus will run hotel loops) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 7:15 a.m. Check-in 8-9:00 a.m. Keynote address (Northrop Grumman Theater) -Jeff Goldstein 9-10 a.m. NASA and vendor booths 10 -11:30 a.m. First session (90 min) 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch/ NASA and Vendor Booths 12:45-2:15 p.m. Second session (90 min) 2:45-4:15 p.m. Third session (90 min) Thursday, Feb. 4th 8:30 a.m. (Space Center Theater) Dr. John Horack Dr. Horack serves as one of the Vice Presidents of the International Astronautical Federation, responsible for the technical content and evolution of the world's largest organization of space professionals. He has worked in space for over 25 years, in a series of public, private and academic roles. Most recently, Dr. John Horack served as Vice President of Space Systems at Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. At Teledyne, Dr. Horack held responsibility for overseeing all government and commercial Space programs, including Science, International Space Station Payload Operations, Test Support, Flight Hardware, and Earth Imaging. Prior to joining Teledyne Brown Engineering in 2012, he served as Vice President of Research for University of Alabama in Huntsville, where he had fiscal oversight for the entire University’s research enterprise, including 14 research centers and laboratories and an annual budget of nearly $100 million. He had an impressive career at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) having achieved the level of Senior Executive Service. His last position at NASA was as Manager of the Science and Mission Systems Office. Dr. Horack is a widely-published scientist, having authored or co-authored more than 75 papers and conference presentations, and was an astronaut candidate finalist in 1998. He led the assembly, testing and calibration program for scientific space flight hardware on NASA's Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory that operated flawlessly for nearly ten years after launch, revolutionizing mankind's understanding of the high-energy universe. In addition, he is an FAA Friday, Feb. 5 8 a.m. (Space Center Theater) Jeffery Goldstein The Center Director for the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, s a nationally recognized science educator and astrophysicist. As Center Director, Goldstein is responsible for the creation and delivery of national initiatives addressing STEM education, with a focus on earth and space. This includes student experiments conducted on the International Space Station through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. Goldstein’s planetary science research includes the development of techniques for the measurement of global winds on other planets using large telescopes on Earth. He received his B.A. in physics from City University of New York and both his M.S. and Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Pennsylvania. Title: Human Exploration – It’s Not a Book of Knowledge … It’s a Journey Every parent remembers that magical time when our children first began to speak, that moment marking the beginning of unending questions. In our children we can see our humanity — our innate curiosity — and recognize the obvious … that we are born to explore! Science and more generally STEM, in all its seeming complexity, is nothing but a means to organize curiosity. It is a way to empower one’s self to ask the gift of a question, and to hone the art that allows navigation through the noise of the universe around us in quest of an answer. It is an emotional, joyful, and wondrous journey that hopefully allows the Saturday, Feb. 6 2:30 p.m. (Northrop Grumman Theater) Alan Bean (Captain, USN, RET) Alan Bean was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. He served as backup astronaut for the Gemini 10 and Apollo 9 missions. Captain Bean was lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, mans second lunar landing. In November 1969, Captain Bean and Captain Pete Conrad landed in the moons Ocean of Storms after a flight of some 250,000 miles. They explored the lunar surface and deployed several lunar surface experiments. Captain Bean was spacecraft commander of Skylab Mission II (SL-3), July 29 to September 25, 1973. On his next assignment, Captain Bean was backup spacecraft commander of the United States flight crew for the joint American- Russian Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Captain Bean has logged 1,671 hours and 45 minutes in space, of which 10 hours and 26 minutes were spent in EVAs on the moon and in earth orbit. Captain Bean has flown 27 types of military aircraft as well as many civilian airplanes. He has logged more than 7,145 hours flying time including 4,890 hours in jet aircraft. Captain Bean retired from the Navy in October 1975 but continued as head of the Astronaut Candidate Operations and Training Group within the Astronaut Office in a civilian capacity. Mike Foreman (Captain, US NAVY, RET) Selected by NASA in June 1998, he reported for training in August 1998. A veteran of two space flights, Foreman flew on STS-123 in March 2008, and STS-129 in November 2009, and has logged more than 637 hours in space, including 32 hours and 19 minutes of EVA in five spacewalks. His first flight, STS-123 Endeavour (March 11 to March 26, 2008), was a night launch and landing. It was the 25th shuttle/station assembly mission. While on the station, Foreman performed three space- walks for a total of 19 hours and 34 minutes of EVA. STS-129 (November 16 to November 29, 2009) was the 31st shuttle flight to the International Space Station. During the mission, Foreman performed two spacewalks for a total of 12 hours and 45 minutes of EVA. Kjell N. Lingren (MD) Dr. Lindgren was selected in June 2009 as one of 14 members of the 20th NASA astronaut class. Follow- ing the completion of two years of training and evaluation, he was assigned technical duties in the Spacecraft Communicator (CAPCOM) branch and Extravehicular Activity (EVA) branch. Dr. Lindgren served as lead CAPCOM for ISS Expedition 30. On Expedition 44/45 (July 2015 to December 2015), with crewmates Russian Space Agency cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, Lindgren launched on the Soyuz TMA-17M (callsign Antares) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakh- stan on July 23, 2015, During their 141 days aboard the station, the Antares crew participated in over a hundred different scientific experiments, including research in human physiology, fluid and combustion physics, Earth and space science and technology development. Their research included work with the “Veggie” lettuce experiment, which represented the first time a US crew has gotten to eat a crop grown on orbit. Dr. Lindgren and Exp 45 commander Scott Kelly conducted 2 spacewalks in late 2015. Lindgren, Yui and Kononenko landed their Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan on December 11, Cancellations Travel Notes Space Center Houston is located between downtown Due to the popularity of SEEC, cancellations and no- Houston and Galveston. Take I-45 and exit NASA shows will be charged the full registration fee. No Parkway. The center is approximately three miles east refunds will be granted. However, registration may be of I-45. If flying, try to use Hobby Airport. A listing of transferred to a colleague. conference hotels is provided on page 5. Selecting Your Sessions What to Wear? Selecting your individual breakout sessions is easy! Just read through this conference booklet to see the Space Center Houston is usually cool, so bring a selections for each time slot. Breakout sessions include sweater or light jacket. NASA tours as well as the hands-on sessions. Tours fill We recommend comfortable attire because you will up especially fast, so please plan accordingly. (Closed be actively participating in breakout sessions.