Astronaut Eric Boe is Back in Town

NASA Astronaut and Air Force Col. Eric A. Boe will visit several schools in the DeKalb County School System this week. Boe will also speak at the Fernbank Science Center.

Schools on Boe's itinerary include Henderson, Cedar Grove, Druid Hills and Sequoyah middle schools, and Evansdale, Chapel Hill, Fernbank, and Princeton elementary schools. 

Col. Boe lived in Tucker while attending both Evansdale Elementary School and the former Henderson High School, now known as Henderson Middle School. During this period he also took Discovery aeropace classes at the Fernbank Science Center and became a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol.

Col. Boe’s most recent space flight was in February and March of this year as the pilot of STS-133, the final mission of Space Shuttle Discovery.

His schedule is listed below:

Tues, May 3

• 1:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m. - Cedar Grove Middle School- General Presentation                                                              

Wed, May 4

• 8:30 a.m.-noon - Evansdale Elementary School/Henderson Middle School- General Presentation         

• NOON-1:15 p.m. Lunch                            

• 1:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m. - Sequoyah Middle School- General Presentation                           

• 5 p.m.-8 p.m. - Dinner- Special Guests/FSC/NASA SEMAA                                                 

 Thurs, May 5        

• 9 a.m.– 10:30 a.m. - Chapel Hill ES- General Presentation                    

• 11 a.m.-2 p.m. – Lunch - Capitol City Club, Aero Club of Atlanta           

• 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. - Fernbank Elementary School Afterschool Program - General Presentation                  

• 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. - Fernbank Science Center- Planetarium    Flight of STS-133/NASA Day

• 7:45 p.m.-9 p.m. – CAP - General Presentation                                

Fri, May 6   

• 7:45 a.m. -8:30 a.m. - Fernbank Science Center - STT Program - Q&A for STT program    

• 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. - Shamrock Middle School - General Presentation                

• 12 noon-1 p.m. - Lunch At Princeton Elementary School and 1 p.m.-2 p.m.- NASA Day                                           

• 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. - Fernbank Science Center - Dinner with LINKS & guests

• 6 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. - Fernbank Science Center - Flight of STS-133/NASA Day Photos & Autographs - Science Night Out                  

 For more information and updates, please visit http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/

Only the events at the Fernbank Science Center are open to the general public.