ASTRONAUTS: Students in Georgia and California will each have an opportunity this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space calls will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.
On Monday, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide will answer prerecorded video questions from students at The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia, beginning at 10 a.m. EDT. The Lovett School is a K-12 independent school that counts Kimbrough among its alumni. Students from Breakthrough Atlanta, a study-skills initiative for underserved students in Metro Atlanta at Lovett, will also participate in the event. The event will be held virtually.
On Tuesday, Aug. 31, NASA astronaut Megan McArthur and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet will answer prerecorded video questions from students of the William S. Hart Union High School District in Santa Clarita, California, beginning at 1:25 p.m. The downlink is facilitated by the La Mesa Junior High School, with an overarching educational theme of “Your future will be out of this world!” This event will also be held virtually.
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.
For more than 20 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked on the space station, testing technologies, performing science, and developing the skills needed to explore farther from Earth. Through Artemis, NASA will return astronauts to the Moon, with eventual human exploration of Mars.
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