U.S. Navy Capt. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, astronaut and mission specialist on the September space shuttle Atlantis flight, will be the guest speaker at the Feb. 7 National Engineers Week Awards Banquet for Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Stefanyshyn-Piper is the first woman to conduct a spacewalk. The dinner, from 5 to 9 p.m., will be at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, 40 Presidential Way, Simi Valley. Early registration deadline for $50 tickets ends on Feb. 2; however, tickets can be purchased up until the day of the event for $55 per person.
