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1. NASA Astronauts Chat Live from Space with California Students

Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:49:31 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA Astronauts Chat Live from Space with California Students

August 12, 2013

Ciandra Jackson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601

Report #M13-129

NASA Astronauts Chat Live from Space with California Students

International Space Station crew members Karen Nyberg and Chris Cassidy will speak live from the orbiting science laboratory with high school students at the Riverside Preparatory Academy in Oro Grande, Calif , at 10:40 a m PDT (1:40 p m EDT) Thursday, Aug 15

News media representatives are invited to attend and cover the 20-minute event, which also will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency�s website To attend the event, journalists should contact John Tucker at 760-243-4136 The school is located at 19900 National Trails Highway in Oro Grande

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

This in-flight education downlink is one in a series of such events with educational organizations in the United States to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning It is also 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, schedule and downlink information visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For information about NASA's education program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/education

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