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NASA Astronauts to Call Colorado Students from Space
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cadets and
students from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the Jack Swigert
Aerospace Academy Magnet School in Colorado will gather at 11:50 a.m.
EDT Thursday, April 24, to speak live with astronauts currently aboard
the International Space Station.
The event, featuring NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Steve
Swanson, will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's
website.
Media interested in covering the event should contact Julie Imada at
719-333-3273 or julie.imada@usafa.edu. The U.S. Air Force Academy and
Jack Swigert Aerospace Academyare located at 2302 Vandenberg Drive at
the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Educators have been preparing their students for the conversation with
the crew by incorporating NASA activities in their classrooms. This
in-flight education downlink is one in a series designed to improve
science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), 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.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information,
visit:
For information about NASA's education programs, visit:
For information about the International Space Station, visit:
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SOURCE NASA
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/CONTACT: Ann Marie Trotta, Headquarters, Washington, 202-358-1601, ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov; Elizabeth LeBlanc, Johnson Space Center, Houston, 281-483-5111, elizabeth.s.leblanc@nasa.gov
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