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Dec. 9, 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-151 NASA Astronauts to Answer
Questions from US Students Abroad
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station on Oct. 15, 2024. (Credit: NASA) Students from U.S. military families based overseas will have the chance to hear NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station answer their prerecorded questions. On Wednesday, Dec. 11, NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams will respond to questions submitted by students from Stuttgart Elementary, followed by another call on Thursday,
Dec. 12, with Nick Hague answering questions from Kwajalein School System students. Watch the 20-minute space-to-Earth calls on NASA+ at
12:25 p.m. and
4:25 p.m. EST, respectively.
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Stuttgart Elementary, part of the Department of Defense Education Activity’s Europe East District, will host a space-themed science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
night, featuring a live education downlink as the evening’s highlight. The school, located on Panzer Kaserne near Stuttgart, serves military-connected students from pre-kindergarten to grade five. Media interested in covering the event in person must RSVP
by 5 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 10, to Chrissy Mitchell at chrissy.mitchell@dodea.edu or 0-631-7106-7060. Additionally, the Kwajalein School System, situated on a secure army installation on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, will host an event that brings together
local STEM resources to inspire students. For media access, RSVP to Sherman Hogue at
sherman.hogue.civ@army.mil or 808-580-4848. For more than 24 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked aboard the space station, testing technologies, performing science, and developing skills needed to explore
farther from Earth. Astronauts aboard the orbiting laboratory communicate with NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through
SCaN’s
(Space Communications and Navigation) Near Space Network. Important research and technology investigations taking place aboard the space station benefit people on Earth and lays the groundwork
for other agency missions. As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency will
send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future human exploration of Mars; inspiring Artemis Generation explorers and ensuring the United States continues to lead in space exploration and discovery. See videos and lesson plans highlighting space station research at:
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