High school students talk live with
space station crew
In recognition of International Education Week, International Space
Station crewmembers William S. McArthur, Jr., and Valery I. Tokarev
will speak to students during a live television event at Thomas
Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), 6560
Braddock Road, Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday, Nov. 15.
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| NASA Deputy
Administrator Shana Dale. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls |
NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale and U.S. Secretary of Education
Margaret Spellings will participate in the live downlink from Expedition
12, which begins at 9:30 a.m. EST. Media representatives are invited
to attend.
International Education Week, Nov. 14-18, is a joint initiative
of the U.S. Departments of Education and State.
This year, the theme is International Education: Improving Student
Achievement Around the World. Established in 1895, TJHSST is dedicated
to excellence in science, mathematics, and technology education.
The school serves nearly 1800 students from six Northern Virginia
school districts and has a strong foreign language program. Three
of the questions posed to the space station crew by the students
will be in Russian.
The event will be broadcast live on NASA-TV and Fairfax County
Public Schools Red Apple 21 to all TJHSST students and to students
in 240 Northern Virginia schools as well as more than 250,000 home
viewers. Fairfax County Public Schools/Fairfax Networks is also
providing direct access to the program via satellite to interested
school systems across the country. Students around the world will
be able to watch the downlink via NASA's website.
NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on
an MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at
72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization.
In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude,
transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. A Digital
Video Broadcast compliant Integrated Receiver
Decoder is required for reception.
NASA's Teaching From Space Office coordinates downlinks for the
agency. The office is part of NASA's education programs designed
to inspire the next generation of leaders and explorers, and engage
them through the Vision for Exploration.
News media representatives who wish to cover this event and a media
availability following the downlink with Deputy Administrator Dale,
Secretary Spellings, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent
Jack Dale, and TJHSST Principal Elizabeth V. Lodal, must be in place
no later than 9 a.m. EST
For more information about NASA's programs on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home
For more information about International Education Week on the
Internet, visit:
http://www.iew.state.gov/statements/sec_education.htm/
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