Students from the Weslaco Independent
School District in Weslaco, Texas, will speak with a NASA astronaut currently
living and working aboard the International Space Station at 12:05 p.m. EST
Thursday, Feb. 9. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA
Television and the agency’s website.
Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson
will answer questions from students assembled in Weslaco ISD’s Performing
Arts Center. More than 800 students in third through fifth grade, as well as
the Weslaco East High School Astronomy Club, will be in the audience.
Media interested in covering the event
should contact the Weslaco ISD Public Information Department at 956-969-6505.
The Performing Arts Center is at 506 East 6th St. in Weslaco.
Whitson launched to the space station on
Nov.17, 2016, and is scheduled to return to Earth this spring.
This in-flight education downlink is an
integral component of the NASA Office of Education’s efforts to improve
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning
in the United States. Linking students directly to astronauts aboard the
space station through the agency Office of Education’s STEM on Station
activity provides authentic, live experiences in space exploration, space
study and the scientific components of space travel, while introducing the
possibilities of life in space.
Get NASA TV streaming video, schedules and
downlink information at:
Learn about videos and lesson plans
highlighting research on the International Space Station at:
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