{"id":588650,"date":"2024-01-05T13:06:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=press-release&p=588650"},"modified":"2024-01-05T13:45:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T18:45:05","slug":"nasa-astronauts-to-speak-with-north-carolina-virginia-students","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronauts-to-speak-with-north-carolina-virginia-students\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronauts to Speak with North Carolina, Virginia Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/moghbeli-and-ohara.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1430\" height=\"953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/moghbeli-and-ohara.png?w=1430\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 61% 8%; object-position: 61% 8%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/moghbeli-and-ohara.png 1430w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/moghbeli-and-ohara.png?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/moghbeli-and-ohara.png?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/moghbeli-and-ohara.png?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/moghbeli-and-ohara.png?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/moghbeli-and-ohara.png?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/moghbeli-and-ohara.png?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/moghbeli-and-ohara.png?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">(Nov. 3, 2023) NASA astronauts and Expedition 70 Flight Engineers Loral O\u2019Hara, left, and Jasmin Moghbeli, right, work on a spacesuit aboard the International Space Station\u2019s Quest airlock. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Students from North Carolina and Virginia will have separate opportunities next week to each hear from a NASA astronaut living and working aboard the International Space Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The two Earth-to-space calls will air live Tuesday, Jan. 9, on <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/video\/nasa_plus\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA+<\/a>, NASA Television, and the agency\u2019s website. Learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/how-to-stream-nasa-tv\/\">stream NASA TV<\/a> through a variety of platforms including social media. Follow events online at: https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 9:20 a.m. EST, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will answer prerecorded questions from students at Thales Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina. In preparation for the education downlink, students will participate in an annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Day that will include presentations about the space station by Marc Fusco, one of NASA\u2019s solar system ambassadors. Students also will participate in hands-on activities, including making space related art, building bottle rockets, and launching a model rocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media interested in covering the North Carolina event must RSVP no later than 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8., to Janice Holton at: <a href=\"mailto:janice.holton@thalesacademy.org\">janice.holton@thalesacademy.org<\/a> or 919-882-2320.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 1:05 p.m., NASA astronaut Loral O\u2019Hara will answer prerecorded questions from students across the state of Virginia through an event hosted by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium. These students studied life aboard the space station and participated in a Plant the Moon Challenge where they worked to grow plants in lunar regolith simulant for the Artemis mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media interested in covering the Virginia event must RSVP no later than 4 p.m. on Jan. 8., to Kristyn Damadeo at: <a href=\"mailto:kdamadeo@odu.edu\">kdamadeo@odu.edu<\/a> or 202-465-5190.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more than 23 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked aboard the space station, testing technologies, performing science, and developing the skills needed to explore farther from Earth. Astronauts living in space aboard the orbiting laboratory communicate with NASA\u2019s Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through the Space Communications and Navigation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/heo\/scan\/index.html\">SCaN<\/a>) Near Space Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Important research and technology investigations taking place aboard the International Space Station benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis\">Artemis<\/a>, NASA will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future human exploration of Mars. Inspiring the next generation of explorers \u2013 the Artemis Generation \u2013 ensures America will continue to lead in space exploration and discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See videos and lesson plans highlighting research on the space station at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stemonstation\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stemonstation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Katherine Brown<br>Headquarters, Washington<br>202-358-1288<br><a href=\"mailto:katherine.m.brown@nasa.gov\">katherine.m.brown@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sandra Jones <br>Johnson Space Center, Houston<br>281-483-5111<br><a href=\"mailto:sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov\">sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 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