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November 3, 2009

NASA MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-210

EDUCATION SECRETARY HOSTS DC STUDENTS FOR TALK WITH SPACE STATION

WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan are hosting Washington area middle and high
school students Thursday for a live discussion with astronauts aboard
the International Space Station.

Reporters are invited to attend the chat between the space station's
Expedition 21 crew and students from the Washington Mathematics
Science Technology Public Charter High School and the Parkland Magnet
Middle School for Aerospace Technology.

The live call from orbit will take place between 10:10 and 10:30 a.m.
EST during an event Nov. 5 scheduled from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the
auditorium of the Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW,
Washington. Reporters interested in attending the event should
contact Jim Bradshaw at 202-401-2310.

The event is part of the 10th annual celebration of International
Education Week, so the students will ask the crew members questions
in English, French, German and Russian. The week highlights
international education and international exchange. This year's theme
is "Creating a Vision for a Better Future."

The international Expedition 21 crew participating in the event
consists of NASA astronauts Jeff Williams and Nicole Stott, European
Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Canadian Space Agency
astronaut Robert Thirsk, and Russian cosmonauts Roman Romanenko and
Maxim Suraev.

Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez and Christer Fuglesang, who recently
flew on NASA's STS-128 space shuttle mission, and former astronaut
Don Thomas, a veteran of four spaceflights, also will participate.

The downlink is one in a series with educational organizations in the
U.S. and abroad to improve teaching and learning in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics. It is an integral component
of NASA's Teaching From Space office. The office promotes learning
opportunities and builds partnerships with the education community
using the unique environment of human spaceflight.

NASA Television will air a Video File from the downlink event. For
NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:



http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


For information about NASA's education programs, visit:



http://www.nasa.gov/education


For information about the International Space Station, visit:



http://www.nasa.gov/station

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