Past Space Day Events
Mason Space Day 2023
Mason Space Day 2023 was an exciting, collaborative, and engaging event, with an aim to educate the public on the technology and science behind some of the leading aerospace projects in the area. The day offered lectures from those at the forefront of space exploration and a number of organizations with hands-on space-related activities, educational information, and more.
2023 Event Speakers
- The Honorable Charles F. Bolden Jr., Major General, United States Marine Corps (Ret.), 12th NASA Administrator, Founder & CEO Emeritus, The Charles F. Bolden Group
- Michelle Thaller, Assistant Director of NASA Science, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Robert Weigel, Professor, Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University
- Anamaria Berea, Associate Professor, Computational and Data Sciences
- Hakeem Oluseyi, Research Professor, Physics and Astronomy
- Piotr Pachowicz, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Donglian Sun, Professor, Geographic and Geoinformation Science
- Erdal Yiğit, Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Mason Space Day 2022
George Mason University, Project Caelus, and The Pearl Project Institute presented the first George Mason Space Day, which was open to all students and families. Mason Space Day was an exciting, collaborative, and engaging event, with an aim to educate the public on the technology and science behind some of the leading aerospace projects in the area.
2022 Event Speakers
- Col. Michael Hopkins, Space Force and NASA Astronaut and Commander of the Crew-1 Dragon Mission, keynote speaker
- Dr Sandra Cauffman, Deputy Administrator of Astrophysics at NASA Headquarters
- Dr Piotr Pachowicz, Professor of Engineering, George Mason University
- Robin McDougal, CEO of the Pearl Project Institute
- Steven Dam, President, SPEC Innovations
- Project Caelus
Images from Mason Space Day 2022
