The Department of Aerospace Engineering is hosting a live-streamed Q&A with NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins at 3:20 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13.
Hopkins, who received his B.S. in aerospace engineering in 1991 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will answer questions from his current location on the International Space Station.
Anyone can join the 25-minute conversation with Hopkins on the Dept. of AE's YouTube channel.
Questions will be asked live by AE students and faculty, and the football team's Tony Adams, Blake Hayes, and Doug Kramer. Additional pre-recorded questions from community members will be included in the live stream.
Hopkins is commander on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience, which launched on November 15, 2020. He is also a flight engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 64, his second long-duration space mission. Hopkins previously logged 166 days in space as a member of the Expedition 37/38 crew.
He was recently recognized by The Grainger College of Engineering with an Alumni Award for Distinguished Service.
