Jun 10 2011
From The Space Library
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. 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.
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-119 CORRECTION - NASA RELEASING NEW SPACECRAFT ORBITAL VIEWS OF MERCURY Corrected to remove reference to "first ever" images.
WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 16, to reveal new images and science findings from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury. The event will be held in the NASA Headquarters auditorium located at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the event. NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, or MESSENGER spacecraft conducted more than a dozen laps through the inner solar system for six years prior to achieving the historic orbit insertion on March 17. Briefing participants are: -- Brett Denevi, scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) , Laurel, Md. -- Ralph McNutt, Jr., MESSENGER project scientist, APL -- Larry Nittler, scientist, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington -- Sean Solomon, MESSENGER principal investigator, Carnegie Institution
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