April 5, 2013

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

Tammie Letroise-Brown Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 tammie r letroise-brown@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-056

TEXAS STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS

WASHINGTON -- Students from Mary Marek Elementary School in Pearland, Texas, will speak with Expedition 35 crew members and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy aboard the International Space Station at 11:05 a m EDT, Monday, April 8 Media representatives are invited to attend

Students will ask the astronauts questions about life, work and scientific research aboard the orbiting laboratory

To attend the event, reporters must contact Joanna Wang at jwang@alvinisd net or 281-245-3241 Mary Marek Elementary is located at 1947 Kirby Drive in Pearland

NASA activities have been incorporated into classes at the school in preparation for the long-distance conversation with the space station crew Linking students directly to the astronauts aboard the station provides them with an authentic, live experience of space exploration, space study, and the scientific components of space travel and possibilities of life in space

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