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Women’s History Month Speaker Series | Vickie Kloeris

Saturday, March 22, 2025
12:30 pm
*Included in general admission

Location | Destiny Theater

Join us in our Women’s History Month Speaker Series! Can’t make this weekend? We will be showcasing a new speaker on select Saturdays in March at Space Center Houston.  

Vickie Kloeris

NASA

Vickie L. Kloeris recently retired from NASA where she worked in space food systems for thirty-four years. For twenty-nine of those years, she served as the NASA manager of first the Shuttle and then the International Space Station food systems. She has authored and co-authored numerous publications and has received several awards, including NASA’s highest employee award, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, in 2019. During her career, she was twice awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and also received the Johnson Space Center Director’s Commendation Award. In 2017, she was given an Outstanding Alumni Award by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at her alma mater, Texas A&M University.  

Vickie earned a B.S. in Microbiology and an M.S. in Food Science and Technology from Texas A&M University.  

Vickie has been a member of the International Food Technologists (IFT), a professional organization for food scientists, since 1978 and has received their designation of certified food scientist. Over the years, she has held multiple IFT roles and served on the Board of Directors. After serving for a year as President Elect and a year as President, she is now the Immediate Past President.  

Vickie has authored a book about her NASA career “Space Bites Reflections of a NASA Food Scientist” which will be released in Fall 2023 and is available now for preorder at Ballast Books.  

https://ballastbooks.com/purchase/space-bites

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