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1. NASA SELECTS STUDENT TEAMS FOR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH FLIGHTS
2. JULY SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS TO BE PREVIEWED AND BROADCAST ON NASA TV

Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:26:22 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA SELECTS STUDENT TEAMS FOR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH FLIGHTS

June 26, 2013

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

Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601

Report #13-198

NASA SELECTS STUDENT TEAMS FOR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH FLIGHTS

HOUSTON -- NASA has selected 14 undergraduate student teams from minority serving institutions across the United States to test science experiments under microgravity conditions The teams will fly Nov 1-8, as part of a collaborative effort between the agency's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) and the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Project

The teams design and build the experiments at their home campuses The experiments are then transported to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston for tests aboard an aircraft modified that mimic a reduced-gravity environment The aircraft will fly approximately 30 parabolas with roller-coaster-like climbs and dips to produce periods of weightlessness and hyper-gravity ranging from 0 to 2g's

The experience includes scientific research, experimental design, test operations and outreach activities It supports NASA's strategic goal of sharing the agency's missions and programs with the public, educators, and students to provide opportunities to participate in its mission and foster innovation

The 2013 MUREP teams are from Alabama Agriculture and Mechanical University, Huntsville, Ala ; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Calif ; Gadsden State Community College, Gadsden, Ala ; Howard University, Washington; Morehouse College, Atlanta; Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas; San Antonio College; San Antonio College (Hephaestus Engineering); San Jacinto College North, Houston; Texas Southern University, Houston; Tuskegee University in Alabama; University of Houston; University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg, and University of Texas at El Paso

NASA is committed to the recruitment of underrepresented and underserved students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to sustain a diverse workforce Participation in NASA projects and research stimulates students to continue their studies at all levels of the higher education continuum and earn advanced degrees in these critical fields

For more information about the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program, visit:

http://reducedgravity jsc nasa gov

For more information about MUREP, visit:

http://www nasa gov/education/murep

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

http://www nasa gov/education

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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:27:29 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: JULY SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS TO BE PREVIEWED AND BROADCAST ON NASA TV

Josh Byerly

Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M13-103

JULY SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS TO BE PREVIEWED AND BROADCAST ON NASA TV

WASHINGTON -- Two Expedition 36 astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station twice in July on spacewalks to prepare for a new Russian module and perform additional installations on the station's backbone

NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will host a NASA Television briefing to preview the spacewalks at 2 p m EDT Tuesday, July 2 Reporters may attend the briefing at Johnson and other participating NASA centers, or ask questions by calling Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 1:45 p m Tuesday

Briefers will include:

-- David Korth, NASA spacewalk flight director -- Ernest Bell, Spacewalk 22 spacewalk officer -- Karina Eversley, Spacewalk 23 spacewalk officer

Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will conduct the spacewalks July 9 and July 16 from the station's Quest airlock Each spacewalk is scheduled to last 6 1/2 hours Cassidy and Parmitano will replace a space-to-ground communications receiver and wireless video equipment and install power and cables for a Russian multipurpose laboratory module that will be launched later this year The new module will serve as a research facility, docking port and airlock for future Russian spacewalks and will replace the Pirs module

Cassidy, who is designated EV1 for the spacewalks, will wear a U S extravehicular mobility suit bearing red stripes The spacewalks will be the fifth and sixth of Cassidy's career Parmitano, who is designated EV2, will wear a spacesuit with no stripes and will be making the first two spacewalks of his career He will become the first Italian astronaut to walk in space Both spacewalkers will wear helmet cameras to provide up close views of their work

NASA TV coverage of the spacewalks will begin at 7 a m on both July 9 and July 16 Both spacewalks are scheduled to begin at 8:10 a m For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the International Space Station and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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