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Astronaut Barbara Morgan observes a student working on a computer

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Teaching From Space in Action

NASA Launches Exploration Design Challenge

NASA's EDC gives students from kindergarten through 12th grade the opportunity to play a unique role in the future of human spaceflight.

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International Space Station Expedition 30/31 flight engineer Don Pettit poses with a drinking water container, two syringes and a knitting needle at a workstation in the Harmony node. A video camera is set up to record his activities. A homemade Van de Graaff generator also is in view. (NASA)

Astronaut Don Pettit Wins NASA Engineer of the Year

Don Pettit was awarded NASA Engineer of the Year by the National Society of Professional Engineers/Professional Engineers in Government.

Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit

Astronaut Pettit Shared Passion for Science From Space

NASA astronaut Don Pettit used everyday objects from Earth to demonstrate physics through "Science off the Sphere."

The words Teach the international space Station and a silhouette drawing of the International Space Station against a black background

Welcome Aboard Teach Station

Check out NASA's space station page for educators and students.

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In the News

Massachusetts Students Speak Live With Orbiting NASA Astronaut

05.20.13 - NASA Expedition 35 astronaut and flight engineer Chris Cassidy will speak live from the International Space Station with students at Talbot Innovation Middle School in Fall River, Mass., at 10:05 a.m. EDT, Thursday, May 23.
NASA and The White House Pay Tribute to Sally Ride

05.20.13 - NASA and President Obama are honoring the life and legacy of Sally Ride on the day a national tribute was held for the first American woman in space.
Media Invited to See Rotating Chair Used to Prevent Air, Space Sickness

05.20.13 - Sixteen Hampton Roads high school students will test a spatial disorientation trainer chair that prevent airsickness in pilots and space sickness in astronauts.