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MEDIA ADVISORY: M23-131 New
York Students to Hear from Astronaut Aboard Space Station
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli works with the Advanced Resistive
Exercise Device, or ARED, removing and replacing cables. The device uses adjustable resistive mechanisms to provide crew members a weight load while exercising to maintain muscle strength and mass in microgravity. Students from Baldwin Union Free School District in Baldwin, New York, will have an opportunity
this week to hear from an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 11 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 27, on NASA Television, the NASA
app, and the agency’s website. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, an alumnus of Baldwin Union Free School District, will answer prerecorded
questions from students. Media interested in covering the event should RSVP no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25,
to Mary Furcht at furchtm@baldwinschools.org
or 516-434-6012. These educational opportunities for students to speak with astronauts living and working on the
space station are provided by the Office of STEM Engagement’s Next Gen STEM project. For almost 23 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked aboard the space station, testing
technologies, performing science, and developing the skills needed to explore farther from Earth. Astronauts living in space aboard the orbiting laboratory communicate with NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through the Space Communications
and Navigation (SCaN)
Near Space Network. Important research and technology investigations taking place aboard the International
Space Station benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future exploration.
See videos and lesson plans highlighting research on the International Space Station at: https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation -end- |
