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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sorry for the double posting, but this is a talk that I think you will want to know about!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> All best, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> Elizabeth Wood, Professor, Russian & Soviet History; Co-Director, MIT-Russia Program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> shass-events-bounces@MIT.EDU [mailto:shass-events-bounces@MIT.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Olena Chernishenko<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 05, 2013 12:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> shass-events@MIT.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> [shass-events] Talk on the US-Russian Relations in Space Thurs. March 7<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img width=1870 height=1056 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:37b2970d-ed3d-4465-8e88-5cf8cf74fc8f"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please forward to all who might be interested:</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> </span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>"Where We’ve Come From & Where We Are Going: US-Russia Relations in Space" </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Timothy J. Creamer, a NASA Johnson Space Center astronaut</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>When: Thursday, March 7, 4:30 p.m.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Where: <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?q=56&zoom=16&lat=42.36148373372913&lng=-71.08986035000001&open=object-56&maptype=mit" target="_blank">Building 56 (Whitaker Building)</a>, Room 114</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> Abstract:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>What and who inspired us to quest over the next horizon? What are we doing now in exploration, with whom, and where are we going next? Come watch and hear about the work we are doing today, including training with the Russians, living in Russia, flying orbital missions both in the Russian Soyuz and aboard the International Space Station. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>This talk is cosponsored by MISTI MIT-Russia, MIT AeroAstro Dept, the</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>MIT Skoltech Initiative, Skoltech, and Skolkovo Foundation.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Sincerely,<br>Olena Chernishenko<br>Manager, MISTI MIT-Russia Program<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>E40-423, 1 Amherst Street<br>Cambridge, MA 02139<br>T 617 | 324 | 2793<br>F 617 | 253 | 9330<br>E <a href="mailto:ochernis@mit.edu">ochernis@mit.edu</a><br><a href="http://web.mit.edu/misti/mit-russia/">http://web.mit.edu/misti/mit-russia/</a><br>Like MIT-Russia on </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MitRussia" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Facebook </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>