TRIP TO NASA FROM IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS (2017)

Future engineers trained by Izmir University of Economics (IUE) were able to review the progress of space and aeronautics onsite at NASA. IUE prospective engineers visited NASA Johnson Space Center, and Aerospace Systems Lab at University of Texas. The trip was also included signing a collaboration agreement with University of Texas for student exchange and development of joint projects. NASA, which was established in 1961, and given the name Johnson Space Center in 1973, is a very significant place for especially human spaceflight. All astronauts of USA and its allies in space researches are being trained in this center. The Center, including hundreds of buildings, is successfully in charge of flight control of programs such as Gemini, Apollo, Space Laboratory, and Space Shuttle especially. Our students got a chance to observe and learn about these structures and shape their future in Turkish engineering area.”