Jan 27, 2012

Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601
ann marie trotta@nasa gov

Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rachel h kraft@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-014

TEXAS STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION CREW

WASHINGTON -- Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Asa Low Intermediate School in Mansfield, Texas, will speak with NASA's Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 11:50 a m EST on Tuesday, Jan 31 Media representatives are invited to attend The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television

On Jan 27, the students will take part in a series of activities focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) The school also will host a space night to share lessons about space with students Administrators temporarily have renamed the school "N"Asa Low in honor of the event

To attend, media representatives must contact Richie Escovedo at richieescovedo@misdmail org or 817-299-6349 Asa Low Intermediate School is located at 1526 N Walnut Creek Drive

Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin arrived at the station Nov 15 Pettit, European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers and cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko joined them Dec 23

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

The exact time of the downlink could change For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video 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 Burbank and Pettit, visit:

http://twitter com/AstroCoastie

and

http://twitter com/Astro_Pettit

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