Nov 9, 2009

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

Amy Johnson Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va 757-864-7022/272-9859 amy johnson@nasa gov

RELEASE: 09-262

NASA LIVE DIGITAL NETWORK BRINGS APOLLO 11 EXPERTS INTO CLASSROOMS

WASHINGTON -- Forty years after humans first walked on the moon, NASA is offering the next generation of explorers a chance to learn how the challenges of the Apollo 11 mission were met Through a series of interactive educational videoconferences, students will hear firsthand accounts of the people who made the lunar landing possible

During a week of programs beginning Nov 16, NASA's Digital Learning Network will host videoconferences between classrooms around the country and NASA employees who had a special connection with the Apollo 11 moon mission

The series kicks off Nov 16 from NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va , focusing on the work of aerospace pioneer John Houbolt Students will learn how a young engineer convinced his boss that lunar exploration would be possible only if something called "Lunar Orbit Rendezvous" was used as the passageway to the moon

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala , will host the Nov 17 videoconference, during which students will learn how a rocket taller than the Statue of Liberty was constructed for peaceful space exploration and why its presence tipped the scale of the space race in favor of the U S

Students will connect with NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov 18 to discover America's spaceport, the site where the Apollo 11 astronauts made their final preparations before counting down to launch on the fastest rocket in the world, the Saturn V

During a Nov 19 event with NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, series participants will learn more about the home of the astronaut corps and take a peek inside NASA's Mission Control Center, the setting of communication with Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins as they were zooming toward the moon

The week-long series concludes on Nov 20 from NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif , where students will learn how NASA may one day return to the moon and explore the universe beyond with the Constellation Program

The one-hour programs will begin at 1 p m EST each day The videoconferences will be webcast to the public and can be viewed at:

http://dln nasa gov/dln/content/webcast

With this and other elementary and middle school education programs, NASA seeks to engage and attract students to science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- disciplines critical to the nation's space exploration efforts

To learn more about NASA's Digital Learning Network, visit:

http://dln nasa gov/dln/index jsp

To learn more about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov/education

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