Deke Slayton Space Week 2025 presenters for the week

Chris Amundson- Lead teacher at the STEM school within the Sparta Area School District.

Jeff Bennett– NASA senior engineer for space station flight control system

Laurel Brandt- Licensed pilot; retired teacher from the Sparta Area School District who taught mathematics, computer programming, and aerospace science; museum board member.

Dr. Simon Gilroy- Professor of Botany at UW Madison, working with NASA on plant growth on the International Space Station.

Fred Haise- retired NASA astronaut.

Dr. Dawn Kopacz- Professor of Practice in Meteorology and Climate, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Mark Lee- Retired NASA Astronaut, with a Master’s of engineering from MIT, completed 4 successful space shuttle missions.

Oakley Moser- Teacher of physics, digital electronics, and AP physics at the Tomah Area School District.

Cheyenne Puetz- Youth services librarian at the Sparta Free Library.

Larry Scheckel- Retired physics teacher with the Tomah Area School District, known as “Mr. Science” and is famous for the hundreds of science presentations he’s done over the years, Deke Slayton Museum board member.

Dr. Liz Warren- Chief Scientist, NASA’s Human Health and Performance Contract.

Alyssa Young- Executive Director of the Deke Slayton Museum.

*List of presenters is subject to update/change without notice.