AMBASSADOR Robert Holmes Tuttle
Speeches, Remarks & Events
05 December 2006
NASA Astronauts Tour United Kingdom
Ambassador and Mrs. Tuttle hosted a reception on December 5 at Winfield House in honor of three visiting NASA astronauts who were crew members of the space shuttle Discovery STS-121 mission of July 2006. Pilot Mark Kelly, Mission Specialist Lisa Nowak and UK-born astronaut Piers Sellers had spent two weeks touring the UK speaking to students and other groups about manned spaceflight in cooperation with the UK National Space Centre. Guests at the reception included British scientists, government officials and journalists, as well as several top science students from secondary schools Ambassador Tuttle has visited.
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UK-born Mission Specialist Piers Sellers with top science students Ayeman Khan and Natasha Kataria and their teacher Laura Briggs from Kingsford Community School in Newham, London.
(U.S. Embassy London photo by Oliver Theis) |
STS-121 Pilot Mark Kelly and Mission Specialist Lisa Nowak with top science students from George Green school, Isle of Dogs, London
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Howard Deslandes and Kingsford Community School Headteacher Joan Deslandes say hello to STS-121 Mission Specialist Lisa Nowak and Pilot Mark Kelly.
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STS-121 Mission Specialist Piers Sellers presents Ambassador Tuttle with some momentos of the trip including a real "space pen" !
(U.S. Embassy London photo by Oliver Theis) |
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The STS-121 crewmembers gather for an in-flight crew photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. From the left (bottom) are astronauts Stephanie Wilson, mission specialist; Steve Lindsey, commander; and Lisa Nowak, mission specialist. From the left (top) are astronauts Piers Sellers, Mike Fossum, both mission specialists; and Mark Kelly, pilot.
(Credit: NASA)
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