Students Across US to
Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
MAY 16, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY M24-068
An image of NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps using the glovebox BioFabrication Facility in the Columbus European Laboratory during Expedition
71 on April 10, 2024.
Credits: NASA/Michael Barratt
Students of a volunteer service organization will have the opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps aboard the International Space Station.
The Earth-to-space call will stream live at 11:40 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 21, on NASA+,
NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.
Media interested in covering the event must RSVP no later than 5 p.m., Monday, May 20, by contacting Kimberly Sweet at knoelsweet@gmail.com or
601-260-1208.
Junior chapters of The Links, Incorporated, and the National Society of Black Engineers across the United States will ask pre-recorded questions and host a live viewing event. The Links
is an international, not-for-profit, volunteer service organization focused on the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other people of African ancestry.
For more than 23 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked aboard the space station, testing technologies, performing science, and developing skills needed to explore farther
from Earth. Astronauts aboard the orbiting laboratory communicate with NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through SCaN (Space Communications
and Navigation) Near Space Network.
Important research and technology investigations taking place aboard the International Space station benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for other agency missions. As part
of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future human exploration of Mars. Inspiring Artemis Generation explorers and ensuring the United
States will continue to lead in space exploration and discovery.
See videos and lesson plans highlighting space station research at:
https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
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