Astronaut Barbara Morgan visits MadaTech

Morgan, an astronaut and teacher, met with students from Haifa.

Astronaut Barbara Morgan visited MadaTech on Tuesday, 1.2.2011 where she met up with school students.

Hundreds of students from Haifa and the area heard the astronaut’s lecture about the space flight she took part in, beginning with takeoff, the flight experience and the landing. The students asked her about her personal experiences and about the future of space activity.

The lecture was hosted by Dr. Naama Gazit-Yaari, scientific content supervisor in MadaTech.

Morgan, who new astronaut Ilan Ramon very well from studying together at NASA, was very excited to visit the “Imagine” exhibition, which is dedicated to Ramon’s memory. Leon Recanati, Chairman of MadaTech’s board and Dr. Ronen Mir, MadaTech’s CEO presented Morgan to the exhibition and the museums activities.

Morgan was meant to take part in Columbia’s last flight with Ramon but eventually took part in Shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission.

Barbara Morgan and MadaTech’s CEO Dr. Ronen Mir at “Imagine” exhibition in memory of Ilan Ramon.

About Barbara Morgan:

Barbara Morgan joined NASA as a teacher-astronaut and was Christa McAuliffe's substitute. McAuliffe was onboard the space shuttle Challenger and was killed tragically, with the entire crew, when it crashed during liftoff.

After the incident Morgan stayed at NASA as a teacher in the education department of the American space agency.

On January 1998 Morgan joined NASA’s Astronaut staff and in 2007 took part in mission STS-118, in which she carried out tasks, experiments and even taught an online lesson from space.

picture provided through the courtesy NASA.