Mr. Gary Kitmacher
Contributions of Texas and Texans
to Americas Space Program
Q. M. Martin Auditorium
April 26, 2005
Click on the "Space Medley" and "Program" links to see pictures.
Welcome . Dr. Gregory Powell
Introduction of Band ... Professor Freddy Mason
Space Medley ...Professor Mike McGowan and the Panola College Band
Introduction of Program Speaker... .. Dr. Charles Taylor
Program ... ..Mr. Gary Kitmacher
Mr. Gary Kitmacher
Gary Kitmacher is from NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Mr. Kitmacher currently serves in the International Space Station (ISS) Program Office where he oversees educational, promotional and commercial functions.
Mr. Kitmacher has served in several capacities in the ISS, Space Shuttle and Mir programs; he was the US manager for systems and payloads development, integration and operations during the NASA-Mir Project and led US efforts to develop new systems and integrate payloads on the Mirs Priroda module.
Mr. Kitmacher has been at the Johnson Space Center since 1981. He has worked in a variety of positions, starting in the lunar sample laboratory, then in the Space Shuttle program as the subsystem manager for crew systems, and later leading design efforts for the International Space Station, moon and Mars habitats.
Mr. Kitmacher has a master of business administration degree in Management and bachelor degrees in Geology, Astronomy and Education. Mr. Kitmacher is married and he resides with his wife and three daughters in Houston, Texas. A fourth daughter serves in the US Coast Guard at Air Station Traverse City, Michigan.
VIEWS FROM SPACE
There is only one federal
program that, at its best, reaches for the grandeur and the wonder that in ages
past built the great cathedrals and launched wooden ships into unknown waters
where dragons lurked.
President Bush said "This cause of exploration and discovery is not an
option we choose; it is a desire written in the human heart. We are that part of
creation which seeks to understand all creation. We find the best among us, send
them forth into unmapped darkness, and pray they will return."
In VIEWS FROM SPACE, we will observe the views from space of the Earth, and the moon and beyond. Mr. Kitmacher has assembled the best photography from space flight, and shows how it has been used to better understand our universe, our world, and life on earth.
We will travel in space with our astronauts, and look at the achievements, the costs, and the future.
This event has been made possible by the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Foster Murphy who established the B.F. and Mary Payne Fund for the Preservation of Texas Culture.
Special Thanks To
Complete Printing and Publishing
Panola College Math and Science Department
Mike McGowan
NASA
Bill and Karon ONeal
Panola College
Band
Panola College Drama Department
Donna Yates
Dr. Gregory Powell - Chair
Ann Boland
James Hallmark
Freddy Mason
Ann Morris
Van Patterson
Donny Seals
Dr. Charles Taylor
Ann Morris Chair
Ann Boland
Liz Hedges
Freddy Mason
Patti Rushing