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1. TEXAS STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION CREW
2. ASTRONAUT JERRY ROSS, FIRST SEVEN-TIME FLIER, RETIRES

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:22:58 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: TEXAS STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION CREW

Jan 27, 2012

Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601

Report #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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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:24:33 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: ASTRONAUT JERRY ROSS, FIRST SEVEN-TIME FLIER, RETIRES

Jan 27, 2012

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #H12-033

ASTRONAUT JERRY ROSS, FIRST SEVEN-TIME FLIER, RETIRES

HOUSTON -- Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, has retired from NASA In a career that spanned more than three decades, Ross spent almost 1,400 hours in space and conducted nine spacewalks to rank third on the list of most extravehicular activity time in space

"Jerry has been instrumental in the success of many of NASA's human spaceflight missions and numerous spacewalks," said Peggy Whitson, chief of the Astronaut Office "Not only were his skills and operational excellence key in major spaceflight activities but his expertise and vigilance also helped all those who followed in his footsteps We are the better for his years of dedication to the corps and NASA "

Ross joined NASA in 1979 as a payload officer and flight controller In 1980, he was selected as an astronaut He and Franklin Chang-Diaz are the only two astronauts to have flown into space seven times In addition to Ross' spaceflight mission accomplishments, he went on to serve NASA in the critical role of managing the Vehicle Integration Test Office

"Jerry was equally invaluable leading this critical team, especially through space station assembly, the transition to the space shuttle retirement, and during the initial phases of our future programs," said Janet Kavandi, director of Flight Crew Operations "He was considered a mentor to many he worked with there We wish him the best in his well-deserved retirement "

Of his seven flights into orbit, Ross flew on space shuttles Endeavour and Columbia once each and a record-setting five times on shuttle Atlantis, including his first and last missions His first flight was on the STS-61B mission in 1985 His final flight into space was on the STS-110 mission in 2002

During his seven missions, he assisted in deploying a number of satellites and other payloads He performed experiments in life, material and Earth sciences, and physics, robotics and astronomy Ross was a member of the STS-74 mission's crew, the second mission to dock to the Russian space station Mir He also traveled to the then-fledgling International Space Station, where he helped connect the U S -built Unity node to the Russian Zarya module On the STS-110 mission, Ross' final trip to space, he was instrumental in delivering and installing the S0 (S-Zero) truss Ross accumulated more than 1,393 hours in space, including 58 hours and 18 minutes on nine spacewalks

For Ross' complete biography, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/ross html

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