Michael López-Alegría to be given Vanguard Award at 2012 Hispanic-Net Dinner

Hispanic-Net is pleased to announce that Michael López-Alegría, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation and former NASA Astronaut and International Space Stations Commander will be honored with the first ever Vanguard Award at the Hispanic-Net Annual dinner October 13th at the Stanford Faculty Club.

 

Michael Lopez-Alegria is the President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. He comes from a distinguished background in aerospace which includes positions as a Naval Aviator and test pilot (Capt., U.S. Navy, Ret.), NASA astronaut and International Space Station (ISS) commander.  He has over three decades of experience with the U.S. Navy and NASA in a variety of roles including Naval Aviator, Navy engineering test pilot and program manager, NASA astronaut, ISS commander, and assistant director of flight crew operations.

Lopez-Alegria has flown on Space Shuttle missions STS-73, STS-92, and STS-113, and served as Commander of ISS Expedition 14 in which he flew to and from the ISS aboard a Soyuz TMA-9. He holds three NASA records: longest spaceflight (215 days); most number of Extravehicular Activities (EVA) (10) and cumulative EVA time (67 hours 40 minutes). Lopez-Alegria has most recently served as the Assistant for ISS to the Director of Flight Crew Operations at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. 

Lopez-Alegria received his Bachelor of Science degree in systems engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. He is also a graduate of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security.

 

Hispanic-Net 2012 Annual Dinner

This year's Hispanic-Net Annual dinner will be held Saturday October 13, 2012 at the Stanford Faculty Club. Tickets may be purchased online.

 

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