WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Students from North
Carolina and Virginia will
have separate opportunities next week to each hear from a NASA
astronaut living and working aboard the International Space
Station.
The two Earth-to-space calls will air live Tuesday, Jan. 9, on NASA+, NASA Television,
and the agency's website. Learn how to stream NASA
TV through a variety of platforms including social media.
Follow events online at:
https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
At 9:20 a.m. EST, NASA astronaut
Jasmin Moghbeli will answer
prerecorded questions from students at Thales Academy in
Raleigh, North Carolina. In
preparation for the education downlink, students will participate
in an annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Day
that will include presentations about the space station by
Marc Fusco, one of NASA's solar
system ambassadors. Students also will participate in hands-on
activities, including making space related art, building bottle
rockets, and launching a model rocket.
Media interested in covering the North
Carolina event must RSVP no later than 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8., to Janice Holton
at: janice.holton@thalesacademy.org or 919-882-2320.
At 1:05 p.m., NASA astronaut Loral
O'Hara will answer prerecorded questions from students across the
state of Virginia through an event
hosted by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium. These students
studied life aboard the space station and participated in a Plant
the Moon Challenge where they worked to grow plants in lunar
regolith simulant for the Artemis mission.
Media interested in covering the Virginia event must RSVP no later than
4 p.m. on Jan.
8., to Kristyn Damadeo at:
kdamadeo@odu.edu or 202-465-5190.
For more than 23 years, astronauts have continuously lived and
worked aboard the space station, testing technologies, performing
science, and developing the skills needed to explore farther from
Earth. Astronauts living in space aboard the orbiting laboratory
communicate with NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through the Space
Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Near Space Network.
Important research and technology investigations taking place
aboard the International Space Station benefits people on Earth and
lays the groundwork for future exploration.
As part of Artemis, NASA will send astronauts to the Moon to
prepare for future human exploration of Mars. Inspiring the next
generation of explorers – the Artemis Generation – ensures America
will continue to lead in space exploration and discovery.
See videos and lesson plans highlighting research on the space
station at:
https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
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