Ames Research Center
Pietronigro is one of the coordinators for "Yuri’s Night" Bay Area 2007/08 held at NASA Ames Research Center. "Yuri's Night" is a series of parties in various countries that celebrate the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first manned space flight in 1961. Pietronigro leads a Yuri's Night Bay Area event at NASA Ames Research Center on the tarmac and surrounding aircraft hangars.