Feb 9, 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: M12-025

SOUTH CAROLINA STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS WEDNESDAY

WASHINGTON -- Students at Crayton Middle School in Columbia, S C , will speak with NASA's Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 9:55 a m EST on Wednesday, Feb 15 Reporters are invited to attend

The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television During the question-and-answer session, students will ask Burbank and Pettit about living and working on the space station To attend, media representatives must contact Edith Caudle at ecaudle@richlandone org or 803-231-7510 Crayton Middle School is located at 5000 Clemson Ave in Columbia

Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin arrived at the station Nov 15 Pettit, European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers and cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko joined them Dec 23

This in-flight education downlink is one in a series with educational organizations in the U S 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

To follow Twitter updates from Burbank and Pettit, visit:

http://twitter com/AstroCoastie

and

http://twitter com/Astro_Pettit

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