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Georgia, Washington Students to Speak with Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Students in Georgia and Washington, D.C., will talk live with two NASA astronauts on the International Space Station next week as part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station. These Earth-to-space calls will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold will answer questions posed by students in grades 4-12 in Liberty County School District in Georgia at 2:35 p.m. EDT…
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NASA, Roscosmos Statement on International Space Station Leak
The following is a joint statement from NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos about the investigation into a pressure leak on the International Space Station Aug. 29-30: “NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Rogozin met for the first time yesterday via teleconference to discuss the status of International Space Station (ISS) operations in response to a…
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NASA to Preview Two International Space Station Spacewalks, Provide Live Coverage
Astronauts on the International Space Station will conduct spacewalks Sept. 23 and 29 to continue upgrades to the orbiting laboratory’s power system. Experts from NASA will preview this work in a briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 18, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Live coverage of the briefing and spacewalks will air on NASA Television and the…
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NASA Television to Air Launch, Capture of Japanese Cargo Ship to Space Station
A Japanese cargo ship loaded with more than five tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiments is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station at 6:32 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 10 (7:32 a.m. Sept. 11 in Japan). Live coverage of the launch and capture will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) unpiloted H-II Transport…
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NASA Hosts Live Science Chat: One Year After Eclipse 2017
On the one-year anniversary of the historic 2017 Eclipse Across America, NASA will host a Science Chat at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 21, to discuss new science data and the public impact of the celestial event experienced by millions. Scientists also will take a look ahead at upcoming eclipses and missions that will reveal more of our solar system’s secrets. The event will…
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NASA Astronaut to Speak with Students, Parents, Teachers at YouthSpark
Students attending Microsoft’s YouthSpark event will have the opportunity to speak with NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Stationnext week as part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station.The Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold will participate in a question and answer session with students at 11:15 a.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 13, from Space Center Houston, the…
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NASA Television to Air Russian Spacewalk at International Space Station
Russian cosmonauts living and working on the International Space Station will venture outside Wednesday, Aug. 15, for a spacewalk expected to last about six hours. Live coverage of the excursion will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Expedition 56 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos are scheduled to exit the Pirs airlock at 11:58…
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NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on Commercial Spacecraft
NASA introduced to the world on Friday the first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station – an endeavor that will return astronaut launches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle’s retirement in 2011. “Today, our country’s dreams of greater achievements in space are within our grasp,” said NASA…
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Challenger Center, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Centers Call Astronaut in Space
The Challenger Center and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center will participate in live calls with a NASA astronaut currently living and working aboard the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station (YES) next week. Each Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Following introductions by Challenger Center President and Chief Executive Officer Lance Bush, and a…
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NASA Interns, New Mexico Community, Virginia Students to Call Space Station
NASA interns, visitors at New Mexico’s City of Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science, and NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility will speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station next week. Each call will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. NASA’s Johnson Space Center will host a question and answer session between agency interns and…
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