Feb 01, 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: M13-025

NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS TO TALK LIVE WITH NASA SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT

WASHINGTON -- Students and teachers from the Triangle area of North Carolina will speak with NASA Expedition 34 flight engineer Tom Marshburn aboard the International Space Station at 10:15 a m EST, Tuesday, Feb 5 The space-to-ground conversation will be open to news media and carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website

Students will gather at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to ask astronaut Marshburn questions about life, work and research aboard the orbiting laboratory, where he arrived in December and will remain until May Marshburn previously flew aboard space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-127 in 2009

To attend the event, reporters must contact Jonathon Pishney at jonathon pishney@naturalsciences org or 919-733-7450, ext 304 The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is located at 11 West Jones St in Raleigh

NASA activities have been incorporated into classes at local schools in preparation for the conversation with the space station astronaut 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 The museum also has crafted educator professional development activities for the teachers participating in the event

This in-flight education downlink is one in a series with educational organizations in the United States and abroad 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 NASA TV schedule and video streaming 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

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