Mon, Feb 15, 2010
Questions Pre-Taped For Transmission To ISS
Students in elementary and middle
schools nationwide had their questions about space answered
live on Sunday by space shuttle astronauts orbiting 220 miles above
Earth.
The students, who attend nine NASA Explorer Schools nationwide,
submitted their questions to NASA via video. Space shuttle Pilot
Terry Virts and Mission Specialist Kathryn Hire answered the
students' questions on NASA TV at 2234 EST. Any questions the
astronauts did not answer will be answered later by subject matter
experts during an event on NASA's Digital Learning Network.
Virts and Hire launched to space Monday, Feb. 8, aboard space
shuttle Endeavour from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
During their 13-day mission, Endeavour's crew are conducting three
spacewalks and delivering the Tranquility node and a cupola to
expand the space station.
The NASA Explorer Schools that submitted video questions
are:
- Phenix City Intermediate School in Phenix City, AL.
- Edward Harris, Jr. Middle School in Elk Grove, CA.
- Sequoia Middle School in Portersville, CA.
- Vintage Math, Science and Technology Magnet School in North
Hills, CA.
- Goldsboro Elementary Magnet School in Sanford, FL.
- Stewart Magnet Middle School in Tampa, FL.
- Vance Elementary School in Asheville, N.C.
- Vernon School in Portland, OR.
- John B. Cary Elementary School in Richmond, VA.
Photo Credit NASA
The NASA Explorer Schools project establishes a three-year
partnership between NASA and schools in diverse communities to
address local challenges in science, technology, and mathematics
education. The goal is to bring educators, administrators,
students, and families together in sustained involvement with
NASA's education programs.
The event is part of a series with educational organizations in
the U.S. and abroad to improve teaching and learning in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics. The in-orbit call is part
of Teaching From Space, a NASA project that uses the unique
environment of human spaceflight to promote learning opportunities
and build partnerships with the kindergarten through 12th grade
education community.
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