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Celebration Series 2022 – “Diversity in the Space Program”
February 19, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm EST
Celebrating “Diversity in the Space Program” is the Feb 19, 2022 presentation in the “American Space Museum Celebration Series 2022.
The event will be streamed live (starting 11:30am) on the ASM YouTube Channel and can be replayed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqKYlvy-ZXc.
The event includes a discussion panel whose members include…
- Art Edwards: Retired after 50-plus years as a NASA contractor at Kennedy Space Center. He began as an African-American co-op student from University of Miami and became an electrical engineer/avionics lead for Rockwell on the Space Shuttle, specializing in the Remote Manipulator Arm. He retired after years as a quality and safety manager.
- Laura Poliah: Current NASA Orion lead and distinguished engineer. She is the daughter of immigrants from Trinidad and Tobago, and is a first-generation college student, graduating from the University of Central Florida in 2010 in aerospace engineering. She has been a distinguished systems engineer on Orion since 2011, and is involved in several leadership development programs, including the professional development chair for the local Society of Women Engineers.
- Mike McCulley: NASA astronaut and former President and CEO of United Space Alliance.
We are honored to have them share their unique perspective about diversity in NASA.
The birthplace of America’s Civil Rights Movement
Attend this event, just four miles from ASM’s location in Downtown Titusville, and learn why the Moore Cultural Center is the birthplace of America’s Civil Rights Movement, just as the American Space Museum represents the birth of the Space Age.
- Civil rights activists and school teachers Harry and Harriette Moore were murdered by racists on Christmas night 1951 by a bomb that destroyed their home. They are the first and only Black couple killed in America’s 70-year Civil Rights movement.
The Moore Cultural Center Museum in Mims, Florida is the site of this heinous act, where the family home has been recreated around an informative museum and beautiful park, built by Brevard County.
There will also be a special announcement from the great-grandson of the Moores, Darren Pagan.
Presented By…
The MOORE CENTER is part of the Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex which also includes the Moore MUSEUM and Moore Memorial PARK. Please visit them at
2180 Freedom Ave, Mims, FL 32754
Map and Full Contact Info Below.
The AMERICAN SPACE MUSEUM
308 Pine Street, Titusville, FL. 32796
Map and Full Contact Info HERE