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Students Conduct Live Conversation With Orbiting NASA Astronauts

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The downlink is an annual event held in honor of International Education Week, a joint effort between the Department of State and the Department of Education that commemorates the advantages of international education and exchange. Approximately 130 pupils from D.C.'s Stuart-Hobson Middle School got involved in-person in the Moving Beyond Earth Gallery at the museum. The rest of the pupils got involved practically from around the nation. Picked pupils from both audiences had the opportunity to ask questions of Ford and Williams about life, work and research aboard the orbiting laboratory. Following the live Earth-to-station exchange, NASA Associate Administrator for Education and two-time space shuttle astronaut Leland Melvin provided a presentation and motivated the pupils to study science, innovation, engineering and math (STEM). "You are the scientists, engineers and astronauts of tomorrow," Melvin said.

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Leland Melvin

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0.233918	"You are the scientists, engineers and astronauts of tomorrow," Melvin said. "America's future of scientific research and space exploration is in your hands, and there's no better way to prepare yourselves for those grand adventures than to start pursuing a STEM career now."
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Disambiguation: Astronaut | FootballPlayerReferences:

• Leland D. Melvin: dbpedia
• Leland D. Melvin: freebase
• Leland D. Melvin: umbel
• Leland D. Melvin: yago

Jack" Dailey

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Williams

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Disambiguation: WriterReferences:

• Henry Smith Williams: dbpedia
• Henry Smith Williams: freebase

Jeff Goldstein

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Claudine Brown

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Anthony Miller

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Organization: NASA

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• NASA: freebase
• NASA: umbel
• NASA: opencyc
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Organization: International Education Week

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Organization: Department of Education

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Organization: Stuart-Hobson Middle School

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Organization: Department of State

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Company: Ford

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More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) took part in a live video downlink with International Space Station Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford.

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Students Conduct Live Conversation With Orbiting NASA Astronauts

Source Webpage: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/nov/HQ_12-401_SSEP_ISS_Downlink.html

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Full Content: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/nov/HQ_12-401_SSEP_ISS_Downlink.html

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