New York Students Will Call Space Station Astronaut

[NASA News <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

June 10, 2011

Sonja Alexander 
Headquarters, Washington                                     
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Rachel Kraft 
Johnson Space Center, Houston 
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-118

NEW YORK STUDENTS WILL CALL SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT



WASHINGTON -- Students in Otsego County, N.Y., will make a special 
call to the International Space Station and Expedition 28 Flight 
Engineer Ron Garan on Friday, June 17. 

The event, which includes a video link with Garan, will be broadcast 
live on NASA Television at 11:05 a.m. EDT. Fifth through eighth grade 
students from the Oneonta City School district will ask Garan 
questions about how the space station plays a pivotal role in 
expanding human understanding of the Earth and space. 

The State University of New York's (SUNY) Oneonta campus, located at 
108 Ravine Parkway, will host the event. To attend, journalists must 
contact Hal Legg at legghs@xxxxxxxxxxx by 3 p.m., June 16. 

Garan received his undergraduate degree from SUNY Oneonta in 1982. The 
university expects 1,000 participants from several school districts 
and the Oneonta Job Corps Academy. 

Garan previously spoke with many of the students in February through 
NASA's Digital Learning Network about the benefits of studying 
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and his first 
spaceflight. 

The in-flight education downlink is part of a series with educational 
organizations in the U.S. and abroad to improve teaching and learning 
in STEM subjects. It is an integral component of Teaching From Space, 
an agency education program that 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 information and schedules, visit: 



http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 


For information about NASA's education programs, visit: 



http://www.nasa.gov/education 

	
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