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Washington: Students and teachers from the Triangle area of North
Carolina will speak with NASA Expedition 34 flight engineer Tom Marshburn
aboard the International Space Station at 10:15 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Students will gather
at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to ask astronaut Marshburn
questions about life, work and research aboard the orbiting laboratory, where
he arrived in December and will remain until May. Marshburn previously flew
aboard space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-127 in 2009.
NASA activities have
been incorporated into classes at local schools in preparation for the
conversation with the space station astronaut. 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. The museum also has crafted educator
professional development activities for the teachers participating in the
event.
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 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.