{"id":51430,"date":"2018-09-14T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-432390"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:12:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:12:06","slug":"georgia-washington-students-to-speak-with-astronauts-aboard-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/georgia-washington-students-to-speak-with-astronauts-aboard-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia, Washington Students to Speak with Astronauts Aboard Space Station"},"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-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Astronaut Ricky Arnold works to extract RNA from biological samples\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Students in Georgia and Washington, D.C., will talk live with two NASA astronauts on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\">International Space Station<\/a> next week as part of NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/audience\/foreducators\/stem-on-station\/year-of-education.html\">Year of Education on Station<\/a>. These Earth-to-space calls will air live on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasalive\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/richard-r-arnold\/biography\">Ricky Arnold<\/a> will answer questions posed by students in grades 4-12 in Liberty County School District in Georgia at 2:35 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 17. The event will be held at 200 Bradwell St. in Hinesville. Media interested in covering the event should contact Patti Crane at pcrane@liberty.k12.ga.us or 912-977-5386.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school district is located near two U.S. Army bases and the participating students have direct connections to the military, so the district hopes to use the downlink to show the impact the military has on the community. More than 12,000 students in the district will watch the call on NASA\u2019s website in their classrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 12:05 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/serena-m-aunon-chancellor\/biography\">Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor<\/a> will talk with students at her alma mater, The George Washington University (GWU) School of Engineering and Applied Science, six Washington-area elementary and high schools, and the Hanover, Pennsylvania, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstlegoleague.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">First Lego League Team<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will take place in the Morton Auditorium at GWU, located at 805 21st St. NW in Washington. Media interested in covering the event should contact Joanne Welsh at jwelsh@gwu.edu or 202-994-2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linking students directly to astronauts aboard the space station provides unique, authentic experiences designed to enhance student learning, performance and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Astronauts living in space on the orbiting laboratory communicate with NASA\u2019s Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/heo\/scan\/services\/networks\/sn\">Space Network<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/heo\/scan\/services\/networks\/tdrs_main\">Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow NASA\u2019s astronauts on social media at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA_Astronauts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweets by NASA_Astronauts<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See videos and lesson plans highlighting research on the International Space Station at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stemonstation\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Katherine Brown<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1288<br \/>\nkatherine.m.brown@nasa.gov<br \/>\nCarla Santiago<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-7150<br \/>\ncarla.a.santiago@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in Georgia and Washington, D.C., will talk live with two NASA astronauts on the International Space Station next week as part of NASA\u2019s Year of Education on Station. These Earth-to-space calls will air live on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s website. NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold will answer questions posed by students in grades 4-12 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":53936,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"M18-138","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"MEDIA ADVISORY","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[2800,8362,2850,2849,2656,2735,2861,2867],"news-tags":[12345],"internal-terms":[9513,9508],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Georgia, Washington Students to Speak with Astronauts Aboard Space Station","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/georgia-washington-students-to-speak-with-astronauts-aboard-space-station\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/georgia-washington-students-to-speak-with-astronauts-aboard-space-station\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg"},"articleSection":"Humans in Space","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NASA"}],"creator":["NASA"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Centers & Facilities","NASA Headquarters","Astronauts","Expedition 56","For Educators","For Kids and Students","Humans in Space","International Space Station (ISS)","Johnson Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2018-09-14T21:01:00Z","datePublished":"2018-09-14T21:01:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T19:12:06Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Georgia, Washington Students to Speak with Astronauts Aboard Space Station\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/georgia-washington-students-to-speak-with-astronauts-aboard-space-station\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2018-09-14T21:01:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Humans in Space\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Astronauts,Expedition 56,For Educators,For Kids and Students,Humans in Space,International Space Station (ISS),Johnson Space Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":2,"featured_image":{"id":53936,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iss056e158445.jpg","title":"iss056e158445","alt":"Astronaut Ricky Arnold works to extract RNA from biological samples","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/51430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/51430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369901,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/51430\/revisions\/369901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51430"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=51430"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=51430"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=51430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}