{"id":55938,"date":"2018-09-28T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-433379"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:12:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:12:29","slug":"year-of-education-on-station-wraps-up-with-live-earth-to-space-call-between-students-nasa-astronaut-in-orbit","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/year-of-education-on-station-wraps-up-with-live-earth-to-space-call-between-students-nasa-astronaut-in-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Year of Education on Station\u2019 Wraps up with Live Earth-to-Space Call Between Students, NASA Astronaut in Orbit"},"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>NASA is celebrating the conclusion of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/audience\/foreducators\/stem-on-station\/year-of-education.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Year of Education on Station<\/a> (YES) initiative with a final educational Earth-to-space call, allowing students and others to speak to an astronaut living and working aboard the International Space Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this final YES downlink, scheduled for 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. 2, NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/richard-r-arnold\" rel=\"noopener\">Ricky Arnold<\/a> will answer questions from an audience of students, educators, NASA interns, and YES partners, including Microsoft and University of Houston and employees, at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The group will reflect on the accomplishments of YES and the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. The event will take place before Arnold\u2019s return to Earth two days later and will air live on NASA Television, the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASA\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media interested in attending the event at Johnson should contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct.1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the past year, YES activities have provided opportunities for hundreds of students and educators across the United States to speak directly with astronauts in space. Thousands more have participated through NASA partnerships with companies, learning centers, universities, media organizations and institutions. In addition, astronauts in orbit filmed new educational demonstrations. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stemonstrations\" rel=\"noopener\">STEMonstrations<\/a> will remain available to classrooms coast-to-coast long beyond the end of the initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning in September 2017 with the launch of the space station Expedition 53\/54 crew, YES has showcased two NASA astronauts and former teachers \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/joseph-m-acaba\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Acaba<\/a> and Arnold, who began his time on the station in March \u2013 as they inspired thousands of students and educators with their interest in STEM and passion for teaching. In total, 15 astronauts have participated in live downlinks or filming of STEMonstrations, answering more than 1,000 questions through 64 live connections, which is five times the number of Earth-to-space calls in an average year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ultimate objectives of YES have been to help educators stimulate the interests of their students in STEM subjects, with the goal of advancing American achievements in discovery, invention and exploration as students are inspired to pursue careers in STEM fields.<\/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 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\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Network\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 NASA 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>\n202-358-1288<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is celebrating the conclusion of its Year of Education on Station (YES) initiative with a final educational Earth-to-space call, allowing students and others to speak to an astronaut living and working aboard the International Space Station. 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