{"id":1425,"date":"2019-08-09T09:34:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T15:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2019-08-14T09:36:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T15:36:13","slug":"nasa-astronaut-to-speak-at-ssc-nasnti-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/nasa-astronaut-to-speak-at-ssc-nasnti-event\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut to Speak at SSC NASNTI Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seminole State College\u2019s Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institutions program will host NASA Commander Dr. John Herrington on Thursday, Aug. 15 at the Jeff Johnston Auditorium from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.<!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Herrington.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Herrington.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Herrington-50x48.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw\ntribe, became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in\nspace in 2002. He served NASA from 1996 to 2005. During that time, he was\nassigned to the Flight Support Branch of the Astronaut Office, where he served\non a team responsible for shuttle launch preparations and post-landing\noperations. He was a member of the Endeavor team on the 16<sup>th<\/sup> space\nshuttle mission to the International Space Station. On that mission, he and his\ncrew provided structural support for the space station radiators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The title of Dr. Herrington\u2019s\npresentation is \u201cLiving Your Dreams.\u201d Surrounding community members and\nstudents are welcome to attend the free event. If you would like to reserve a\nspot for a class, contact NASNTI Engagement Specialist Kay Wallace at <a href=\"mailto:k.wallace@sscok.edu\">k.wallace@sscok.edu<\/a>\nor 405-382-9646. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seminole State College\u2019s Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institutions program will host NASA Commander Dr. John Herrington on Thursday, Aug. 15 at the Jeff Johnston Auditorium from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,37],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-1425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-events","category-grant-programs","tag-august-2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1426,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425\/revisions\/1426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}