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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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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).
 

NEW  MIT Night at Houston Dynamo
Saturday, July 25, 2009
RSVP by 11pm CDT, July 16, 2009 via SmarTransTM
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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


Current and Upcoming MIT Astronauts In Space
(Updated 6-17-2009)


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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

 
Thirsk, Robert B.
SM Course 2, '78
MBA SL15A, ‘98
  
Cassidy, Christopher J. (Lt Commander, USN)
SM Course 13, '00

Mission
 
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)
 

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.

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.
 


Launch
 
May 27, 2009 via Soyuz Spacecraft No Earlier Than July 11, 2009

Landing
 
Will return to Earth via Shuttle Flight STS-129 in November 2009 Will return to Earth after 16 day mission

 


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