{"id":670,"date":"2021-01-11T19:23:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T19:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/?p=670"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:37:29","slug":"national-space-centre-live-qa-astronaut-jeff-hoffman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/2021\/01\/11\/national-space-centre-live-qa-astronaut-jeff-hoffman\/","title":{"rendered":"National Space Centre Live Q&A – Astronaut Jeff Hoffman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Join the team at the National Space Centre for a LIVE Space Q&A with Jeff Hoffman, Friday 15 January, 19:15-20:15<\/em><\/strong>.

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Professor Jeff Hoffman was the first astronaut to log 1,000 hours on the Space Shuttle and is an honorary graduate and Visiting Professor at the University of Leicester\u2019s School of Physics and Astronomy.

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Jeff Hoffman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Professor Hoffman took part in five flights as a Space Shuttle astronaut, totalling 1,211 hours and 21.5 million miles in space. Most notably, he was a member of the team on the first rescue mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope which provided us with many of the fundamental details we know about the universe.

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He was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2007 and is now a Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, where he is the Deputy Principal Investigator of an experiment on NASA\u2019s Mars 2020 mission, which will for the first time produce oxygen from extra-terrestrial material, a critical step in the future of human space exploration.

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How do I ask a question?
<\/strong>Ask your questions in advance on our Facebook event page<\/a> (we will be selecting in advance, but cannot guarantee we will be able to answer all the questions).

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How to watch the LIVE session?
<\/strong>Join us at 19:15 on our Facebook page<\/a> on 15 January 2021. The session will go live at this time, or just after.

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Can I watch the session at a later date?
<\/strong>Yes, the session will remain on our Facebook pag<\/a>e after the event for you to watch at any time.

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Who is this session suitable for?
<\/strong>Anybody and everybody with an interest in the past, present and future of space exploration. The National Space Centre is an educational charity and last year we hosted over 80,000 school visits, so everything we do is created to inspire and educate.

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Is there a cost to watch the session?
<\/strong>No, please do not follow third party links that ask for information or money to participate. This is a FREE session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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