California Students to Speak Live with Space Station Astronauts

June 4, 2012

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

Rachel Kraft
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-101

CALIFORNIA STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS

WASHINGTON -- Students at Junction Avenue K-8 School in Livermore,
Calif., will speak with Expedition 31 flight engineers Don Pettit,
Joseph Acaba and Andr�� Kuipers aboard the International Space Station
at 12:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 6. Media representatives are
invited to attend.

Elementary and middle school students will ask Pettit, Acaba and
Kuipers questions about life, work and research aboard the orbiting
space station. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television
and include video of the space station residents. Former NASA
astronaut Tammy Jernigan will be at the school to speak with
students.

To attend the event, reporters must contact Jamal Fields at
jfields@lvjusd.k12.ca.us or 925-606-4720, ext. 6374. Junction Avenue
K-8 School is located at 298 Junction Ave.

NASA activities have been incorporated into classes at the school in
preparation for the conversation with the space station astronauts.
First grade students are learning about local former astronauts who
have been part of the space program, including Jernigan, Jeff Wiseoff
and Jos�� Hern��ndez. Classes focused on health have highlighted
advances made through space exploration to improve human life. Art
and leadership classes designed a logo for an "Opportunities Out of
This World" theme focused on science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM).

Pettit, Kuipers, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Konenenko arrived at the
space station on Dec. 23, 2011. Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady
Padalka and Sergei Revin joined them on May 17.

This in-flight education downlink is one in a series with educational
organizations in the United States and abroad to improve STEM
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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