April 5, 2013
Ann Marie Trotta
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1601
ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov
Tammie Letroise-Brown
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
tammie.r.letroise-brown@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-056
TEXAS STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS
WASHINGTON -- Students from Mary Marek Elementary School in Pearland,
Texas, will speak with Expedition 35 crew members and NASA astronauts
Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy aboard the International Space
Station at 11:05 a.m. EDT, Monday, April 8. Media representatives are
invited to attend.
Students will ask the astronauts questions about life, work and
scientific research aboard the orbiting laboratory.
To attend the event, reporters must contact Joanna Wang at
jwang@alvinisd.net or 281-245-3241. Mary Marek Elementary is located
at 1947 Kirby Drive in Pearland.
NASA activities have been incorporated into classes at the school in
preparation for the long-distance conversation with the space station
crew. Linking students directly to the astronauts aboard the station
provides them with an authentic, live experience of space
exploration, space study, and 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 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.
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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