Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington
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Rachel Kraft
Johnson Space Center, Houston
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-118
NEW YORK STUDENTS WILL CALL SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT
WASHINGTON -- Students in Otsego County, N.Y., will make a special
call to the International Space Station and Expedition 28 Flight
Engineer Ron Garan on Friday, June 17.
The event, which includes a video link with Garan, will be broadcast
live on NASA Television at 11:05 a.m. EDT. Fifth through eighth grade
students from the Oneonta City School district will ask Garan
questions about how the space station plays a pivotal role in
expanding human understanding of the Earth and space.
The State University of New York's (SUNY) Oneonta campus, located at
108 Ravine Parkway, will host the event. To attend, journalists must
contact Hal Legg at legghs@oneonta.edu by 3 p.m., June 16.
Garan received his undergraduate degree from SUNY Oneonta in 1982. The
university expects 1,000 participants from several school districts
and the Oneonta Job Corps Academy.
Garan previously spoke with many of the students in February through
NASA's Digital Learning Network about the benefits of studying
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and his first
spaceflight.
The in-flight education downlink is part of a series with educational
organizations in the U.S. and abroad to improve teaching and learning
in STEM subjects. It is an integral component of Teaching From Space,
an agency education program that promotes learning opportunities and
builds partnerships with the education community using the unique
environment of space and NASA's human spaceflight program.
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For information about NASA's education programs, visit:
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