NASA will host a live Earth-to-space call between local students and the International Space Station at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 10 at its Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The 20-minute question-and-answer session is part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station.
During the call, 35 eighth-graders from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District True2U program will talk to NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor about living and working in space.
The event also includes a design challenge using straws to build a long, strong structural truss from 9 to 10 a.m.; a career panel discussion from 10:50 to 11:25 a.m.; tours of the Simulated Lunar Operations (SLOPE) Laboratory to explore locomotion on planets; and demonstrations of augmented and virtual reality for space and aeronautics applications in the Graphics and Visualization Laboratory from 12:30 to 1:40 p.m.
Media interested in covering the event should contact Jeannette Owens no later than 4 p.m. on Monday, July 9, to be cleared through security. To request the agenda or high-resolution images, email jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov or call 216-433-2990.
The Earth-to-space call will broadcast live on NASA Television and stream on the agency’s website. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information visit:
For more information about in-flight education downlinks:
https://www.nasa.gov/education/tfs/downlinks
For other education programs at Glenn, visit:
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Jeannette Owens
NASA Glenn Research Center
216-433-2990
jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov