UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 10, Page 4
November 4, 1993
NASA astronaut's talk to highlight UD's Space Day

     NASA astronaut Maj. Nancy Jane Sherlock, a native of Wilmington, will
highlight the University's Space Day on Saturday, Nov. 20, with a 1 p.m.
talk in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center.
     For her topic, "What Is It Like To Fly In Space?," Sherlock will draw
on her experiences as a mission specialist aboard the Orbiter Endeavor,
which made 115 orbits of Earth from June 21 through July 1.
     The primary objective of that flight was the retrieval of the European
Retrievable Carrier satellite.
     Sherlock was born in Wilmington and lived there until she was 7 years
old. She was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army in l981.
A senior army aviator, she has logged 2,800 flying hours in various rotary
and fixed wing aircraft.
     She was assigned to NASA in September 1987 as a flight simulation
engineer and became an astronaut in l991. She has held various technical
assignments within the Astronaut Office.
     Geared toward potential graduate students, Space Day begins with a
continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and concludes with a reception at 4:30
p.m. In between, special speakers and programs are scheduled to give
students a look into the University's principal areas of NASA-sponsored
research including: engineering- materials, structures and composites;
environmental sciences-remote sensing and oceanography; physics, astronomy
and astrophysics; and space physics.
     A $5 registration fee, which covers all activities, is due by Nov. 10.
For more information, call Sherry Rowland at 831-8116.