163 research outputs found
Dr. Rhea Seddon: "The Sky is Not the Limit--Studying Life Sciences on the Space Shuttle"
No full textIncludes descriptive metadata provided by producer MP4 file: "Science and Technology - Videos - Dr. Rhea Seddon: 'The Sky is Not the Limit--Studying Life Sciences on the Space Shuttle.'" By Vanderbilt University. Seddon, a physician and former astronaut from Murfreesboro, Tenn., speaks on Oct. 21, 2009, as part of the class "The Adventure of Exploration in America" at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt. Her talk is accompanied by video footage of work and life on the space station. She takes questions at the end
Go for Orbit: One of America’s First Women Astronauts Finds Her Space
No full textFormer astronaut and one of the first six women accepted by NASA, Rhea Seddon, M.D., is a veteran of three space shuttle flights, a national speaker, and an awardwinning author. She served as a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle flights in 1985 and 1991 and as Payload Commander in charge of all science activities on her final flight in 1993. After leaving NASA in 1997, Dr. Seddon was the Assistant Chief Medical Officer of the Vanderbilt Medical Group in Nashville for 11 years. She then became a founding partner of LifeWings Partners LLC which teaches teamwork to healthcare. She has also served as the president of a large women’s charitable group in Murfreesboro. Her 2016 autobiography, Go for Orbit, was awarded the Independent Book Publishers Association Ben Franklin Gold Award for Best Autobiography/Memoir. She will talk about her experiences with the space shuttle program and the inspiration, aspiration, and imagination it takes to be an astronaut
Profile of Rhea Cote Robbins, a native of Waterville and author of Wednesday\u27s
No full textProfile of Rhea Cote Robbins, a native of Waterville and author of Wednesday\u27s Child. Robbins is winner of the 1997 Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Chapbook Contest for Non-fiction, and is currently co-editing an anthology of Franco-American women\u27s writing
Don\u27t Bug Me: Everything Young Kids Need to Know about Coronavirus--In Verse!
No full textA story in verse for young children (3-8) about coronavirus. Narrated by the author, Rhea Paul. Press the Slide Show button at the top of the screen, then in the menu that appears, hit Play from Beginning all the way to the left
STS-51D 05-027
No full textSTS-51-D was the sixteenth flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the fourth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery (12 April, 1985- 19 April).This image reflects STS-51-D M. Rhea Seddon on the treadmill
STS51d 22.3 51D-03-015 Ultrasound
No full textSTS-51-D was the sixteenth flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the fourth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery (12 April, 1985- 19 April). This image reflects STS-51-D Edwin J. Garn receiving ultrasound by M. Rhea Seddon
Dr. Ishmael Reed, Featured Presenter, Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts & Humanities 2020 Afrofuturism Conference
No full textDuring the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts & Humanities 2020 Academic Conference, Rhea Posey and Nulieta John spoke with author, poet, and activist Dr. Ishmael Reed about Afrofuturism. Dr. Reed, a featured presenter at the conference, is a poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor, and publisher, and is the author of Mumbo Jumbo (1972), a groundbreaking novel that captures the ideological challenge offered by Afrofuturism. File format: mp4 video file. Clip length: 2:08. Courtesy of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (P.E.C.). All rights reserved
STS-51D 02-035 J.G. EGG
No full textSTS-51-D was the sixteenth flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the fourth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery (12 April, 1985- 19 April).This image reflects STS-51-D M. Rhea Seddon with Edwin J. Garn and Electrogastrogram (EGG) monitoring
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