WASHINGTON, May 9, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Students from Arizona and New
York will have separate opportunities next week to hear from
astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
At 12:10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May
14, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps and Tracy C. Dyson will answer prerecorded student
questions from Sunnyside Unified School District in Tucson, Arizona, in partnership with the TRiO
Upward Bound Program, PIMA Community
College, Desert Vista Campus. Participating students are
first-generation college bound students from underserved
communities, and this opportunity is intended to help spread
awareness of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
careers and inspire students to pursue related degrees.
The space-to-Earth call will stream live on NASA+, NASA
Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website.
Media interested in covering the Arizona event should RSVP no later than
5 p.m. on Friday, May 10, by
contacting Danny Pacheco at
dapacheco@pima.edu or 520-286-7771.
At 11:40 a.m. on Thursday, May 16,
NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps will
answer prerecorded student questions from P.S. 28 The Thomas
Emanuel Early Childhood Center in Corona,
New York, in partnership with the New York Hall of Science.
Following the live event, the center will host 200 first and second
grade students for a one-hour interactive "Living in Space"
learning opportunity.
Media interested in covering the New
York event should RSVP no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, by contacting
Nicole Casamento at
ncasamento@nysco.org or 917-302-9242.
The space-to-Earth call will air live on NASA+, NASA
Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website.
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 living 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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