Jeanerette Museum hosts NASA author

The Jeanerette Museum will present “NASA: Before the Curtain Goes Up.”
Set for, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27, Dr. Paul Darby of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will lead the presentation, discussing little-known facts about NASA missions from the moon walks to the space shuttle and space station.
Dr. Darby is known as an expert in aerospace technology and was presented the highest award NASA gives to civilians. He is currently Assistant Professor of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette’s Electrical and Computer Engineering department. His experience benefits from 23 years in the power, automation, commercial electrical, telecommunications, computer, and aerospace industries to now 12 years in academia. His aerospace experience includes reliability and systems safety engineering on space shuttle and space station projects.
In 1985 NASA astronauts awarded Dr. Darby the Silver Snoopy for outstanding support that greatly enhanced flight safety and mission success on the space shuttle project. Dr. Darby was recently invited to join, and has since affiliated with the NASA Academy of Aerospace Quality, as one of its “experts” in aerospace technology. Dr. Darby’s research area is mobile grid computing where he contributed to the mobile grid’s pioneering work.
This is a free program open to adults. Seating for the program may be limited and taken on a first come, first serve basis. For more information visit www.jeanerettemuseum.com or email jeanerettemuseum@yahoo.com, like the museum on Facebook or call the museum at 337-276-4408 Tuesday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.