NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Dillon Lecture Series continues next month with astronaut Nick Hague on April 5 at 10:30 a.m. at the Sports Arena.
"Nick Hague will be one of those great speakers," said HutchCC President Carter File. "We've had astronauts before. We most recently had Scott Kelly. He was a huge success. I think Nick Hague will be the same, bring that same crowd and also bring an energy to it. Hague was in space and the International Space Station for 203 days. He is a veteran astronaut. He's also a local Kansas kid."
Hague grew up in Hoxie, Kansas.
"We're really excited to have Nick on campus," File said. "I'm sure it will be enlightening to hear how he views what the current events are."
The Russian and American space programs have worked closely on the ISS for 24 years. There are separate Russian and U.S. orbital segments and the head of the Russian space agency has said that sanctions threaten that cooperation. Hague was in space from March 4 to October 4, 2019.