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How to See President’s Call to International Space Station on April 24

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson holds the record for most spacewalks conducted by a female astronaut.
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is seen during a Jan. 6, 2017, spacewalk during Expedition 50 aboard the International Space Station. Credits: NASA

President Donald Trump, First Daughter Ivanka Trump, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will make a special 20-minute, Earth-to-space call at 10 a.m. EDT Monday, April 24, to personally congratulate NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson for her record-breaking stay aboard the International Space Station.

NASA will provide live coverage of the event via the following agency assets:

Ustream coverage of the call can be embedded using the following code:

<iframe width=”480″ height=”270″ src=”http://www.ustream.tv/embed/6540154?html5ui” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen frameborder=”0″ style=”border: 0 none transparent;”></iframe>

YouTube video of the call can be embedded using the following code:

<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/UdmHHpAsMVw” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>

Whitson arrived at the space station Nov. 19, 2016, and is sharing her experiences in space on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook.

Get breaking news, images and features from the station on Instagram and Twitter.

Check out the latest NASA TV schedule and video streaming information at:

https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

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Jen Rae Wang / Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
jenrae.wang@nasa.gov / allard.beutel@nasa.gov