BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.cradleofaviation.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30. 10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:4ecf22bc-a79b-45b9-bd07-215a386711be X-WR-CALDESC:\nJoin us for an evening with Space Shuttle Astronaut Rober t J. Cenker\n\nRobert Joseph 'Bob' Cenker is an American aerospace and electrical engineer\, aerospace systems consultant\, and former astronaut . Cenker grew up in Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Penn State Universit y with a BS in Aerospace Engineering. He continued his studies and receiv ed an MS degree from both Penn State and Rutgers University.\n\nCenker spe nt 18 years at RCA Astro Electronics working on hardware design and system s design concerning satellite attitude control. He also worked on in-orbi t operations as well as spacecraft assembly\, test\, and pre-launch operat ions. NASA came to RCA and offered them the opportunity to apply for a Pa yload Specialist seat on a mission launching the Satcom-K program. Cenker and another colleague were selected and they trained with career astronau ts and other Payload and Mission Specialists for Challenger mission STS-51 L. In July 1985\, he was selected for a flight on Columbia STS-61-C. The crew included Commander Hoot Gibson\, Charlie Bolden (former NASA Adminis trator)\, Bill Nelson (former FL US Senator)\, George Nelson\, Steven Hawl ey\, Franklin Chang-Diaz and Cenker. The Columbia had several aborted la unch attempts before a successful launch on January 12\, 1986. The shuttl e traveled over 2.5 million miles in 98 orbits over the six-day mission an d logged over 146 hours in space.\n\nThe Challenger disaster was ten days after the Columbia returned and the shuttle program was grounded until 198 8. \n\nCenker currently consults with various firms in the areas of space craft design\, assembly and flight operation\, and microgravity research. \n\nThis event is FREE\, but reservations are required!\n\n

Rese rve your seat by calling 516-572-4066 (Mon-Fri\, 10-4)

\n\nThere wi ll be an exclusive Member Meet & Greet at 6:15! Please have your member nu mber ready when calling. X-WR-RELCALID:4e45550a7d7dc2267a7aec974a38422c X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20191103T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20190310T020000 RDATE:20200308T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a4544dc3-7f9a-419a-a310-41beb33cbafa DTSTAMP:20260428T014907Z DESCRIPTION:\nJoin us for an evening with Space Shuttle Astronaut Robert J. Cenker\n\nRobert Joseph 'Bob' Cenker is an American aerospace and electrical engineer\, aerospace systems consultant\, and former astronaut. Cenker grew up in Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Penn State University with a BS in Aerospace Engineering. He continued his studies and receive d an MS degree from both Penn State and Rutgers University.\n\nCenker spen t 18 years at RCA Astro Electronics working on hardware design and systems design concerning satellite attitude control. He also worked on in-orbit operations as well as spacecraft assembly\, test\, and pre-launch operati ons. NASA came to RCA and offered them the opportunity to apply for a Pay load Specialist seat on a mission launching the Satcom-K program. Cenker and another colleague were selected and they trained with career astronaut s and other Payload and Mission Specialists for Challenger mission STS-51L . In July 1985\, he was selected for a flight on Columbia STS-61-C. The crew included Commander Hoot Gibson\, Charlie Bolden (former NASA Administ rator)\, Bill Nelson (former FL US Senator)\, George Nelson\, Steven Hawle y\, Franklin Chang-Diaz and Cenker. The Columbia had several aborted lau nch attempts before a successful launch on January 12\, 1986. The shuttle traveled over 2.5 million miles in 98 orbits over the six-day mission and logged over 146 hours in space.\n\nThe Challenger disaster was ten days a fter the Columbia returned and the shuttle program was grounded until 1988 . \n\nCenker currently consults with various firms in the areas of spacec raft design\, assembly and flight operation\, and microgravity research.\n \nThis event is FREE\, but reservations are required!\n\n

Reserv e your seat by calling 516-572-4066 (Mon-Fri\, 10-4)

\n\nThere will be an exclusive Member Meet & Greet at 6:15! Please have your member numb er ready when calling. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190228T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190228T190000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Lecture: Life in Space with Shuttle Astronaut Robert J. Cenker END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR