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1. Space Station Astronauts Speak Live to Students in Virginia

Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:09:37 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: Space Station Astronauts Speak Live to Students in Virginia

June 13, 2014

Ashl� Harris Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601

Report #MEDIA ADVISORY M14-102

Space Station Astronauts Speak Live to Students in Virginia

NASA astronauts Steve Swanson and Reid Wiseman, currently orbiting Earth aboard the International Space Station, will speak with students and educators at Colvin Run Elementary School in Vienna, Virginia, at 11:55 a m EDT Tuesday, June 17 The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency�s website

Students will have the opportunity to ask the astronauts about life, work and research aboard the space station Swanson, from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, is the commander of Expedition 40 Wiseman, a Baltimore native, is a flight engineer Former astronaut Dan Tani will join the students in person for this special education event

Media interested in covering the event must contact Mindy Kelly at 202-422-9234 or mindykkelly@gmail com Colvin Run Elementary is located at 1400 Trap Road in Vienna, Virginia

Educators have been preparing their students for the conversation with the crew by incorporating NASA activities in their classrooms Colvin recently opened a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) Lab to provide students with hands-on, minds-on STEM experience integrating cross-curricular learning

Linking students directly to the astronauts aboard the space station provides students with an authentic, live experience of space exploration, space study and the scientific components of space travel and life in space

This in-flight education downlink is one in a series with educational organizations in the United States 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

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

http://www nasa gov/nasatv

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 Wiseman and the other Expedition 40 astronauts, visit:

https://twitter com/astro_reid

To follow Instagram updates from Expedition 40 astronauts, visit:

http://instagram com/iss

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