Melissa Pore
Melissa Pore, M.Ed. KM4CZN is a STEM educator at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Virginia. She has taught for over 25 years in Texas, Maryland, and Virginia with a focus on technology and wireless communications. Melissa has led 3 student satellite missions to orbit and is a licensed Amateur Radio operator and an Ambassador for the Education Committee for Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). She serves on the US ARISS Ops team at Goddard Space Flight Center, known as the original Space Shuttle Retransmission Station, performing antennae operations for ARISS education downlinks between schools and astronauts LIVE on the ISS. She was recently recognized by the Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) as Virginia State Teacher of the Year for 2022. She continues to expand her impact on education through work with commercial space partners and with government agencies focused on expanding access to all students, teacher retention/support, and student driven goals around equity. Her involvement outside the classroom includes such groups as SEEC Educator Crew, Space Station Explorers Ambassadors, Growing Beyond Earth Ambassadors, and as an active member of the User Advisory Committee (UAC) Education Subcommittee for the International Space Station National Laboratory (ISSNL) since 2020.
Sessions in which Melissa Pore participates
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
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Melissa Pore, Bishop O'Connell High School (Participant)
Sessions in which Melissa Pore attends
Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - San Jac Maritime Campus
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Kaci Heins, Space Center Houston (Participant)
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
Presentation
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
Keynote
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
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MRS Maria Nickel, ISD #21 (Participant)
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
Lunch
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
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Patricia Moore, NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (Participant)
Eduardo Lopez, SLS (Participant)
katie gonzalez, The Boeing Company (Participant)
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center
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Phyllis Friello, Space Center Houston (Participant)
Daniel Newmyer, Space Center Houston (Participant)
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronuat Gallery
Reception
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
Keynote
Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Building 9 Bus
Tour
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
Lunch
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
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Phyllis Friello, Space Center Houston (Participant)
Daniel Newmyer, Space Center Houston (Participant)
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center- Preshow
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Catherine Walker, Space Center Houston (Participant)
Dr. John Charles, Space Center Houston (Participant)
Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS
Tour
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
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Nathan Tubbs, SEEC CREW; PS/IS 30; Space Launch Delta 45 (Participant)