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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:37:28 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: KANSAS STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION NASA ASTRONAUTS

June 18, 2013

Megan Sumner Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601

Report #M13-098

KANSAS STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION NASA ASTRONAUTS

HOUSTON -- Expedition 36 crew members and NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Karen Nyberg, currently orbiting aboard the International Space Station, will speak with students gathered at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center at 9:40 a m CDT (10:40 a m EDT), Wednesday, June 19

Students will be able to ask the astronauts questions about life, work and research aboard the orbiting space station Media representatives are invited to attend and cover the 20-minute air-to-ground event, which will be broadcast on NASA Television and the agency's website

To attend the event, journalists must contact Becky Christner at beckyc@cosmo org or 620-665-9320 The Cosmosphere is located at 1100 North Plum, Hutchinson, Kan

NASA activities have been incorporated into Cosmosphere summer programs and local Boys and Girls Club activities in preparation for the conversation with the space station astronauts Linking students directly to the astronauts aboard the space station provides them with an authentic, live experience of space exploration, space study, the scientific components of space travel and possibilities of life in space

This in-flight education downlink is one in a series with educational organizations in the United States to improve science, technology, engineering and math 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 streaming video, schedule and downlink 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 Expedition 36 astronaut Karen Nyberg, visit:

http://twitter com/AstroKarenN

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