September 7, 2004

Dwayne Brown 
Headquarters, Washington 
(Phone: 202/358-1726)

RELEASE: 04-287

NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATORS & STUDENTS CALL STATION CREW

Native American educators and students will chat Friday with the crew 
of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 9, Russian 
cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Mike Fincke. 

The downlink is hosted by the United Tribes Technical College, 
Bismarck, N.D. It starts at 12:15 p.m. EDT. It is part of a series of 
events with the United Tribes International Powwow and United Tribal 
Technical College that includes classroom and community activities.

The call supports NASA's efforts to encourage students to study and 
possibly pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics. It is an integral part of NASA's Teaching from Space 
Program, which builds partnerships with the education community to 
create unique learning opportunities through the use of agency 
research and educational technology.

The downlink airs live on the Web and on NASA TV available in the 
continental U.S. on AMC-6, Transponder 9C, C-Band, at 72 degrees west 
longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and 
audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. In Alaska and Hawaii, NASA TV is 
available on AMC-7, Transponder 18C, C-Band, at 137 degrees west 
longitude. The frequency is 4060.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and 
audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. For NASA TV information and schedules 
on the Internet, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For information about NASA's education programs on the Internet, 
visit: 

http://education.nasa.gov/ 

For information about NASA's Teaching from Space Program on the 
Internet, visit: 

http://education.jsc.nasa.gov/educators.cfm 

	
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