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NEW
Houston Ivy+ Alumni Groups and MBACH Present:
Houston Mayoral Candidate Debate
Moderated by Melanie Lawson of Channel 13
The MIT Club of South Texas is a member of MBACH and Houston Ivy+ Alumni
Group
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Register Now - Only 225 tickets will
be issued, and the event is expected to sell out.
Tickets are $20 each – will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.
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NEW
MBA
Council of Houston (MBACH):
Tequila Tasting Happy Hour
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
6:30 - 8:30 pm
(or when the tequila runs out)
$25 Credit Card reservations
/ RSVP online by Monday, July 6,
2009
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NEW
July 2009 Houston *InterClub
Happy Hour
Thursday,
July 9, 2009
6 - 9pm
Cash Bar & Drink Specials
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more...
Remember that our Sept 2008 happy hour was at So Vino the Thursday
after Hurricane Ike – for the 35 of us that showed up, it was a
welcome break from the storm (even though the electricity was still
off, So Vino opened for us and we partied on the patio until
sunset).
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NEW
Save The Dates !!!
July TBD Houston InterClub “40+” Happy Hour
July TBD MIT Club of South Texas Annual Planning Meeting
August TBD Shakespeare |
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Current and Upcoming MIT Astronauts In
Space
(Updated 6-17-2009)
 UPDATE
MIT
Astronaut Robert Thirsk is aboard the International Space
Station (ISS) and
MIT Astronaut Chris Cassidy will
join him when Space Shuttle Mission STS-127 Launches on
July 11, 2009
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Thirsk,
Robert B.
SM Course 2, '78
MBA SL15A, ‘98 |
Cassidy,
Christopher J. (Lt Commander,
USN)
SM Course 13, '00 |
Mission
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ISS
Expedition 20 /
21Mission Status
Expedition 20 Photo Gallery (updated daily)
Expedition 21 Photo Gallery (updated daily) |
STS-127 Latest Mission Status
STS-127 Mission Overview
STS-127 Photo Gallery (updated daily)
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Current Status |
JSC2009-E-122462 (27
May 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-15 launches from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 27,
2009. Photo credit: ESA/CSA/NASA/Stephane
Corvaja
Robert Thirsk '78, '98,
launched on a Soyuz spacecraft to the
International Space Station (ISS) on May 27,
2009, and docked with the ISS
on May 29, 2009. Thirsk is serving
as Flight Engineer for Expedition 20 and 21.
Expedition 20 marks a major
ISS milestone reflecting a six-member crew for
the first time.
Thirsk will return to Earth via Space Shuttle
mission STS-129, scheduled for November, 2009.
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Christopher Cassidy
'00, will launch on the STS-127 Space Shuttle mission to the ISS on
June 13, 2009. Cassidy is serving as
mission specialist and will perform 2 spacewalks. This is
Cassidy first flight into space.
STS-127 will launch
and install the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility and
Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section. The facility will
provide a type of "front porch" for experiments in the exposed
environment, and a robotic arm that will be attached to the Kibo
Pressurized Module and used to position experiments outside the
station.
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Launch
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May
27, 2009 via Soyuz Spacecraft |
No Earlier Than July 11, 2009 |
Landing
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Will return to Earth via Shuttle
Flight STS-129 in November
2009 |
Will
return to Earth after 16 day mission |
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NEW
MIT South Texas
Golf Update
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more...
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"Classy,
But Not
Stuffy, And
Just The
Right Amount
Of Nerdy"
- Alumnus Feedback on 80th Anniversary Celebration Read
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