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| Artist's rendering of International Space Station [Image Credit: NASA] |
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.
Students will ask the astronauts questions about life, work
and scientific research aboard the orbiting laboratory.
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.
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.