Saturday, January 27, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM PST
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Tentative Agenda: (All Time PST (GMT -0800))
11:00 am PST: Check-in, Networking.
11:30 am PST: Documentary film "Research Project X-15" (25 minutes)
12:00 pm PST: Lunch for those who bring own's lunch. Networking. Book-signing
12:55 pm PST: Welcome and Introduction
01:00 pm PST: Presentations and Q&A
02:30 pm PST: Documentary film "The Rocket Pilots" (75 minutes), commentary/further Q&A
04:00 pm PST: Adjourn. Networking.
05:00 pm PST: Leave meeting room by 5 pm.
Norwalk Regional Library, in the Meeting Room
12350 Imperial Hwy
Norwalk, CA 90650
Driving Directions
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/41e8HHfPZd7EavSE6
(This event is not sponsored by the Norwalk Library)
(East of 5 Hwy / 605 Hwy, South of 60 Hwy / 605 Hwy, North of 5 Hwy / 91 Hwy, and West of 57 Hwy. Near the junction of 5 Hwy / Imperial Hwy and 5 Hwy / Norwalk Blvd.)
Parking
(Free Library Parking in the Library Parking Lot on the back side of the library.)
949-426-8175
contact@aiaa-lalv.org
contact@aiaa-lalv.org
with
Ms. Michelle Evans
Speaker
Author, Bestseller "The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space"
Founder and President, Mach 25 Media (www.Mach25Media.com)
AIAA Distinguished Speaker
Writer, Photographer, and Communications Specialist in aerospace
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(Free Admission. Open to Public. Online registration required for logistics. Lunch not provided by AIAA LA-LV Section. Welcome to bring own lunch.)
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Michelle Evans is the founder of Mach 25 Media (www.Mach25Media.com) and is a writer, photographer, and communications specialist in aerospace. She has written the bestselling book “The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space” which was published by the University of Nebraska Press as part of their “Outward Odyssey, People's History of Spaceflight” series.
Michelle's background in aerospace engineering includes serving in the US Air Force working on missile systems, and later in private industry accomplishing environmental testing for systems used in airliners and spacecraft. Her current work primarily involves exciting audiences about space exploration by speaking of the X-15 and other areas of the space program at venues across the country, as well as overseas.
Michelle is a Distinguished Speaker with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and her book on the X-15 was a finalist for the Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature. Michelle received the Diverse Community Leader Award from Orange County Human Relations, and was recognized as number 3 on the Orange County Register’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in Orange County. She has appeared in numerous publications, including Air & Space Smithsonian, Ad Astra, Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times. Michelle had feature stories about her life in both Time and Newsweek magazines. She was a technical consultant on the Neil Armstrong biopic “First Man,” and has consulted with National Geographic television for “The Real Right Stuff.”