{"id":51412,"date":"2018-12-04T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-436880"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:14:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:14:30","slug":"florida-students-to-speak-with-first-cuban-american-astronaut-on-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/florida-students-to-speak-with-first-cuban-american-astronaut-on-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Students to Speak with First Cuban-American Astronaut on 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\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor\" 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\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downlink_media_advisory_picture_-_week_of_12-2.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 Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor, currently aboard the International Space Station, will answer questions from students at The Mandelstam School in South Miami on Dec. 7. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Elementary school students from Florida will talk live this week with the first Cuban-American astronaut to live and work aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\" rel=\"noopener\">International Space Station<\/a>. 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>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/serena-m-aunon-chancellor\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor<\/a>will answer questions from students at The Mandelstam School in South Miami at 11:45 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 7. Students and staff from St. Thomas Episcopal School, which is also in South Miami, will attend. The diverse classes include Cuban-American students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will be held at The Mandelstam School at 8530 SW 57th Ave., South Miami. Media interested in covering should contact Magdalena Au\u00f1on Maury at <a href=\"mailto:mmaury@tmsedu.org\">mmaury@tmsedu.org<\/a>or 305-662-2736.<\/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\" 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 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>\n202-358-1288<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:katherine.m.brown@nasa.gov\">katherine.m.brown@nasa.gov<\/a><br>\nCarla Santiago<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-7150<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:frank.e.prochaska@nasa.gov\">carla.a.santiago@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elementary school students from Florida will talk live this week with the first Cuban-American astronaut to live and work aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s website. NASA astronaut Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellorwill answer questions from students at The Mandelstam School in South Miami at 11:45 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 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