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NASA Astronaut to Call Columbia University Students from International Space Station

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Apr 15, 2016
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Astronaut in spacesuit floating outside International Space Station with Earth visible in lower right corner
NASA astronaut is seen floating during a spacewalk on Dec. 21, 2015. NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra released brake handles on crew equipment carts on either side of the space station’s mobile transporter rail car so it could be latched in place ahead of Wednesday’s docking of a Russian cargo resupply spacecraft. Kelly and Kopra also tackled several get-ahead tasks during their three hour, 16 minute spacewalk. Credits: NASA
Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA
In pre-flight quarantine, Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA answers media questions from behind glass during a press conference Dec. 14, 2015 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Students from Columbia University in New York will have the opportunity to speak with a NASA astronaut currently living and working on the International Space Station at 1:10 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 21. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website.

Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra, who received his Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University and the London Business School in 2013, will answer questions from current business administration students. The event will take place at Columbia Business School’s Uris Hall as part of the school’s centennial celebration.

Media interested in covering the event should contact Michelle Zern at mz2492@gsb.columbia.edu. Uris Hall is located at 3022 Broadway.

This in-flight education downlink is an integral component of the NASA Office of Education’s efforts to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning in the United States. Linking students directly to astronauts aboard the space station through the NASA Office of Education’s STEM on Station activity provides authentic, live experiences in space exploration, space study and the scientific components of space travel, while introducing the possibilities of life in space.

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For more information, videos and lesson plans highlighting research on the International Space Station, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

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Sarah Ramsey
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1694
sarah.ramsey@nasa.gov
Hayley Fick
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
hayley.m.fick@nasa.gov