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1. NASAS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER TO CLOSE FOR WINTER STORM
2. NASA NAMES WINNING EXPERIMENTS IN KIDS MICRO-G CHALLENGE

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:17:46 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASAS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER TO CLOSE FOR WINTER STORM

February 3, 2011

Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Report #J11-002

NASA�S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER TO CLOSE FOR WINTER STORM

HOUSTON � NASA's Johnson Space Center will be closed Friday morning due to the expected conditions caused by the winter storm Plans call for the center to reopen at noon CST

The closing allows Johnson employees to avoid treacherous road conditions Temperatures in the area are predicted to stay below freezing until after 10 a m Friday, and roadways are expected to be icy

Flight control of the International Space Station will continue from Houston and the Mission Control Center at Johnson will remain open during this period

For up-to-date information on the status of the center, employees should check with the Johnson emergency management website at:

http://www jscsos com

Those without internet access can call 281-483-3351

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:23:31 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA NAMES WINNING EXPERIMENTS IN KIDS MICRO-G CHALLENGE

Feb 03, 2011

Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Ann Marie Trotta
Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601

Report #H11-031

NASA NAMES WINNING EXPERIMENTS IN KIDS MICRO-G CHALLENGE

HOUSTON -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station this spring will conduct six experiments designed by middle school students from across the country The winning proposals of the "Kids in Micro-g" Challenge are from California, Idaho, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington state

In its second year, the program offers students in fifth through eighth grades an opportunity to design experiments or simple demonstrations for testing both in the classroom and in the station's microgravity environment

A team of representatives from NASA centers selected the winners from among 62 proposals The experiments will study the effect of weightlessness on various subjects and show what the environment reveals about the laws of physics

"This is a wonderful opportunity for these students to learn how scientists and astronauts work together to develop new technologies for space exploration and to learn more about how things work on Earth," said Mark Severance, International Space Station National Laboratory Education projects manager at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston "By engaging students in interesting science experiments, teachers can pique a child's interest while helping develop higher-level thinking skills "

The winning experiments came from students at these schools:

-- Chabad Hebrew Academy in San Diego, for "Attracting Water Drops " This experiment will determine if a free-floating water drop can be attracted to a static charged rubber exercise tube

-- Neighborhood After School Science Association in Ava, N Y , for "Flight of Paper Rockets Launched by Air Cannon " This experiment will determine the direction and distance traveled by a paper air rocket launched in microgravity

-- Key Peninsula Middle School in Lakebay, Wash , for "Pondering the Pendulum " This experiment will examine the effects of microgravity on a pendulum

-- Potlatch Elementary in Potlatch, Idaho, for "Pepper Oil Surprise " This experiment will investigate the interaction of liquid pepper/oil and water in a plastic bag in microgravity

-- Gate of Heaven School in Dallas, Pa , for "Buoyancy in Space " This experiment will determine if the buoyancy of an object is affected in a microgravity environment

-- Will James Middle School in Billings, Mont , for "A Comparison of Dispersion of Liquid Pepper under Microgravity and Earth Conditions " This experiment will compare the dispersal of liquid pepper in microgravity to Earth's gravity

The apparatus for the experiments was constructed using the same materials as in a tool kit provided to astronauts on the space station The materials in the kit are commonly found in the classroom and used for science demonstrations The experiments will take no more than 30 minutes to set up, run and take down

For more information about Kids in Micro-G, visit:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/station/research/nlab/experimentchallenge html

For more information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov/education

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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