Oct 18 2011

From The Space Library

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-212 NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR TO SPEAK ABOUT COMMERCIAL SPACE ECONOMY

WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will provide keynote remarks at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) at 8:30 a.m. MDT on Thursday, Oct. 20. Media representatives are invited to attend the conference and participate in a media availability with Garver following her remarks. The ISPCS will take place Oct. 18-21 at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, located at 4100 Dripping Springs Road in Las Cruces, N.M. The conference's theme is "Business at the Speed of Innovation." Garver's remarks will focus on NASA's vision for future exploration and a strong commercial space capability that will create jobs and strengthen the U.S. economy.

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-213 ALABAMA STUDENTS TO CHAT WITH SPACE STATION COMMANDER

WASHINGTON -- Students gathered at Carver High School in Birmingham, Ala., will speak with Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum aboard the International Space Station at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 21. Media representatives are invited to attend. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama also will join the students. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and include video of Fossum. Carver High School is located at 3900 24th St. N. in Birmingham. Students in kindergarten through 12th grades will ask Fossum questions about life, work and research in space. They have been taking part in a series of activities leading up to the event, which is focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This in-flight education downlink is one in a series with educational organizations in the United States and abroad to improve 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.

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