{"id":55669,"date":"2019-05-30T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-446135"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:18:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:18:19","slug":"pennsylvania-students-to-speak-with-nasa-astronaut-on-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/pennsylvania-students-to-speak-with-nasa-astronaut-on-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on International 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\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut and Expedition 59 Flight Engineer Christina Koch conducts botany research aboard the International Space Station.\" 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\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss059e013244_0.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA astronaut and Expedition 59 Flight Engineer Christina Koch conducts botany research aboard the International Space Station. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Students from Pennsylvania will have an opportunity to speak live with a NASA astronaut aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\" rel=\"noopener\">International Space Station<\/a> at 1:40 p.m. EDT Monday, June 3. The Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA television and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christina-h-koch\" rel=\"noopener\">Christina Koch<\/a> will answer questions from Asbury Elementary School students. The school, in Fairview, Pennsylvania, and community partners have collaborated to provide students with science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) initiative titled \u201cLife in Space\u201d learning activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will be held at Asbury Elementary School, 5875 Sterrettania Road, Fairview. Media interested in covering should contact Linda Sitter at <a href=\"mailto:sitter@mtsd.org\">sitter@mtsd.org<\/a> or 814-835-5300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA is working to land the first woman and next man on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/sending-american-astronauts-to-moon-in-2024-nasa-accepts-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moon by 2024<\/a>. Linking students directly to astronauts aboard the space station engages audiences in ways that will encourage them to participate in NASA\u2019s mission and highlight the space station as the only testbed and proving ground in microgravity for the path forward to Moon 2024. 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\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Network<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/heo\/scan\/services\/networks\/sn\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/heo\/scan\/services\/networks\/tdrs_main\" rel=\"noopener\">Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the 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\n<p>Katherine Brown<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1600<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:katherine.m.brown@nasa.gov\">katherine.m.brown@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carla Santiago<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:frank.e.prochaska@nasa.gov\">carla.a.santiago@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students from Pennsylvania will have an opportunity to speak live with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station at 1:40 p.m. EDT Monday, June 3. The Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA television and the agency\u2019s website. Christina Koch will answer questions from Asbury Elementary School students. 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