Astronauts Call Ohio Students From Space Station

Aug. 27, 2012

Ann Marie Trotta
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1601
ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov

Tammie Letroise-Brown
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-4942
tammie.r.letroise-brown@nasa.gov


MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-161

ASTRONAUTS CALL OHIO STUDENTS FROM SPACE STATION

WASHINGTON -- Students at Wickliffe Progressive Community School in
Upper Arlington, Ohio, will speak with Expedition 32 flight engineer
Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station at 11:05 a.m.
EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 28. Media representatives are invited to attend
the event.
Students will ask NASA's Williams questions about life, work and
research aboard the orbiting space station. The event will be
broadcast live on NASA Television.

Reporters wishing to attend must contact Dan Donovan at
dandonovan@uaschools.org or 614-487-5007 ext.1119 by 8:30 am Aug. 28.
Wickliffe Progressive Community School is at 2405 Wickliffe Road in
Upper Arlington.

NASA activities have been incorporated into classes at the school in
preparation for the conversation with Williams. Wickliffe uses
learning practices that are grounded in experiential and integrated
curricular activities and lessons. Linking Wickliffe directly to the
space station astronaut will provide students with an authentic, live
experience of space exploration, space study, and the scientific
components of space travel and possibilities of life in space.

Williams, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide and
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, arrived at the space station July
17. This in-flight education downlink is one in a series with
educational organizations in the United States and abroad to improve
science, technology, engineering and mathematics teaching and
learning. It is an integral component of NASA's Teaching From Space
education program, which promotes learning opportunities and builds
partnerships with the education community using the unique
environment of space and NASA's human spaceflight program.

The exact time of the downlink could change. For NASA TV downlink,
schedule and streaming video information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/education

For information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station


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