August 04, 2011

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-164

MINNESOTA SCOUTS CALL SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS

WASHINGTON -- Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other students in St Paul, Minn , will make a special call to the International Space Station on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 12:55 p m EDT

The event includes a video link with Expedition 28 Flight Engineers Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, which will be broadcast live on NASA Television Fossum is scoutmaster of a Boy Scout troop in Texas

Scouts and students ages 7 to 13 can ask questions about how living and working in space helps increase human understanding of the Earth, science, and the universe The children also will participate in science and space-related activities before and after the question-and-answer session

The event will take place at Base Camp, Northern Star Council, Boy Scouts of America's urban program center located at 201 Bloomington Road at Fort Snelling, Minn To attend, journalists must contact Kent York at 612-760-8430

The in-flight education downlink is part of a series with educational organizations in the U S and abroad to improve teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects It is an integral component of Teaching From Space, an agency education program that 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 information and schedules, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For 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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