June 22, 2012

Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1761 sonja r alexander@nasa gov

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-119

STUDENTS GATHER IN PHILADELPHIA TO SPEAK WITH ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE

WASHINGTON - Elementary, middle and high school students will have the opportunity to speak with Expedition 31 flight engineers Don Pettit, Joseph Acaba and Andr�� Kuipers aboard the International Space Station at 10:35 a m EDT, Tuesday, June 26

The event will take place at Philadelphia University in Philadelphia Media representatives are invited to attend It will be broadcast live on NASA Television and include video of the space station residents

The event will be hosted by Destination Imagination, a non-profit organization that provides education programs for students to learn and experience creativity, teamwork and problem solving

To attend the event, reporters must contact Michelle Griffith at 813-597-8187 or michelle@clearviewcom com Philadelphia University is located at 4201 Henry Avenue

Pettit, Kuipers, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Konenenko arrived at the space station on Dec 23, 2011 Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin completed the six-person crew on May 17

This in-flight education downlink is one in a series with educational organizations in the United States and abroad to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics (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/ntv

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

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