Kansas Students to Speak Live With Space Station NASA Astronauts

June 18, 2013

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

Megan Sumner
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
megan.c.sumner@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-098

KANSAS STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION NASA ASTRONAUTS

HOUSTON -- Expedition 36 crew members and NASA astronauts Chris
Cassidy and Karen Nyberg, currently orbiting aboard the International
Space Station, will speak with students gathered at the Kansas
Cosmosphere and Space Center at 9:40 a.m. CDT (10:40 a.m. EDT),
Wednesday, June 19.

Students will be able to ask the astronauts questions about life, work
and research aboard the orbiting space station. Media representatives
are invited to attend and cover the 20-minute air-to-ground event,
which will be broadcast on NASA Television and the agency's website.

To attend the event, journalists must contact Becky Christner at
beckyc@cosmo.org or 620-665-9320. The Cosmosphere is located at 1100
North Plum, Hutchinson, Kan.

NASA activities have been incorporated into Cosmosphere summer
programs and local Boys and Girls Club activities in preparation for
the conversation with the space station astronauts. Linking students
directly to the astronauts aboard the space station provides them
with an authentic, live experience of space exploration, space study,
the scientific components of space travel and possibilities of life
in space.

This in-flight education downlink is one in a series with educational
organizations in the United States to improve science, technology,
engineering and math 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.

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink 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\

To follow Twitter updates from Expedition 36 astronaut Karen Nyberg,
visit:

http://twitter.com/AstroKarenN


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