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Melissa Pore

STEM Club Mentor and Global Studies Faculty
Bishop O'Connell High School
Participates in 1 Session

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

Thursday 6 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
12:45 PM
12:45 PM

Sessions in which Melissa Pore attends

Wednesday 5 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • SEEC Survival Course- Pre-Conference session
  • Available
  • Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - San Jac Maritime Campus
  • 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM  | 3 hours 30 minutes
  • Space Center U™ offers challenging, quality STEM education inspired by space exploration for students, adults and educators. The specific Space ...
  • Session
    Grades K-12
7:00 PM
7:00 PM

Thursday 6 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
  • Quick lunch 1
  • Signup required
  • Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
  • 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM  | 15 minutes
  • This option is for those who would like to grab a quick lunch and then go to a session. We need to make sure we have a good count for food for the ...
  • Lunch
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
5:15 PM
5:15 PM

Friday 7 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
9:20 AM
9:20 AM
  • Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (Tour)
  • Signup required
  • Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Building 9 Bus
  • 9:20 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour 40 minutes
  • Explore the training grounds for the astronauts. See full- sized mock-ups of the International Space Station and Orion spacecraft. Take a peek a...
  • Tour
    Grades K-12
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
1:10 PM
1:10 PM
  • Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Observation deck (Tour)
  • Signup required
  • Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS
  • 1:10 PM - 2:45 PM  | 1 hour 35 minutes
  • Take a trip to the pool where astronauts practice for their spacewalks—the NBL. This facility is the underwater training facility for astronauts...
  • Tour
    Grades K-12
3:15 PM
3:15 PM