{"id":51256,"date":"2019-03-04T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-440872"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:15:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:15:45","slug":"arizona-students-to-speak-with-nasa-astronaut-aboard-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/arizona-students-to-speak-with-nasa-astronaut-aboard-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut 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\/2019\/03\/m19-012.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/m19-012.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Expedition 58 Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA with samples collected for the Canadian Space Agency\u2019s MARROW investigation.\" 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\/03\/m19-012.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/m19-012.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/m19-012.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/m19-012.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/m19-012.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/m19-012.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/m19-012.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/m19-012.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/m19-012.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/m19-012.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/m19-012.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\">Expedition 58 Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA with samples collected for the Canadian Space Agency\u2019s MARROW investigation. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Students from Arizona will have an opportunity this week to talk with a NASA astronaut on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">International Space Station<\/a>. The Earth-to-space call will air 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\/anne-c-mcclain\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Anne McClain<\/a> will answer questions from Flagstaff Unified School District students at 1:25 p.m. EST Wednesday, March 6. The event will be held at Coconino High School, 2801 N Izabel St., Flagstaff. Media interested in covering should contact Zach Fountain at zfountain@fusd1.org or 801-698-8756. Lowell Observatory and Flagstaff Unified School District are coordinating the event as part of Flagstaff Lunar Legacy, a celebration of Flagstaff\u2019s scientific role in NASA\u2019s Apollo Moon missions, which included astronaut training, instrument testing, mission simulations and Moon mapping.<\/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 (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the astronauts on social media at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><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 Arizona will have an opportunity this week to talk with a NASA astronaut on the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s website. Anne McClain will answer questions from Flagstaff Unified School District students at 1:25 p.m. EST Wednesday, March 6. 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