Additional Educational Downlinks with STS-118 Crew
Now that the STS-118 mission has been extended three additional days, Endeavour's crewmembers, including mission specialist and Educator Astronaut Barbara Morgan, are scheduled to have two more space-to-ground conversations with audiences at two locations in the U.S.
The next event will involve the headquarters of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education in Virginia. The downlink is tentatively scheduled to occur on Aug. 16, 2007, at 8:06 a.m. EDT. CCSSE is a not-for-profit educational organization founded by the families of the astronauts who died during the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. The family members and CCSSE have developed a network of 49 Challenger Learning Centers across the nation, through which 400,000 students and 25,000 teacher experience simulated space missions each year.
The second event will be held with the Robert L. Ford School in Lynn, Mass. The downlink is tentatively scheduled to occur on Aug. 19, 2007, at 7:56 a.m. EDT. The Ford School is a member of the NASA Explorer Schools project, and is a full-service community school that offers a variety of services to help support families and students. With an approach it describes as "a neighborhood village with the school at the center," the Ford School constantly re-evaluates how it can best serve its population of students.
Both events will be broadcast live on NASA TV and webcast online.
(Exact dates and times of the downlinks are based on mission events and, therefore, are subject to change. Please check the NASA TV schedule for current information.)
For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
