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1. Texas Music Students to Perform Live with Space Station Astronaut

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:42:37 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: Texas Music Students to Perform Live with Space Station Astronaut

April 29, 2014

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

Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601

Report #MEDIA ADVISORY M14-079

Texas Music Students to Perform Live with Space Station Astronaut

Expedition 39 commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, currently aboard the International Space Station, will make space-to-Earth musical connections with students in Texas this week to share and explore the relationship between the arts and space exploration

Students from Pearl Hall Elementary in Pasadena, Texas, will perform songs with NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Houston Symphony violinist Sergei Galperin and violinist Kenji Williams at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston From the space station, Wakata will perform a piece of the ancient Gagaku music with a Japanese reed instrument called a sho

The live �Music in Space� program will be broadcast on NASA Television and webcasted on the DLiNfo Channel at 12:30 p m EDT Friday, May 2

To attend the event at Johnson, media should contact Megan Sumner at 281-483-5111 or megan c sumner@nasa gov Johnson Space Center is located at 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston

This is the second �Music in Space� event The first featured astronaut Chris Hadfield formerly of the Canadian Space Agency in March 2013 This event is a part of the Building Cultural Bridges program, which links Pearl Hall Elementary with Johnson Space Center and several arts organizations, providing opportunities for students to discover that they are an integral part of society at the local, state, national and international levels

Linking students directly to space station astronauts provides them with an innovative experience of space exploration, scientific studies and the possibilities for future human space exploration

These in-flight education events are part of a series with educational organizations in the United States to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics teaching and learning It is a component of NASA's Digital Learning Network education program, which is designed to deliver interactive instruction in support of long-term retention of knowledge as only NASA can

For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/nasatv

To watch the Digital Learning Network webcast, visit:

https://dln nasa gov

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 Wakata, visit:

https://twitter com/Astro_Wakata

To follow Twitter updates from Coleman, visit:

https://twitter com/Astro_Cady

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