Alexandria, VA – On February 5th at 11:30AM ET, NASA engineer, Patrick Buzzard, from the Johnson Space Center, will be talking live with students and teachers, and Challenger Centers across the nation and around the world, about the upcoming NASA Constellation program featuring the Space Shuttle’s replacement spacecraft, Orion, and about the future of the International Space Station.
To participate and ask questions of NASA, educational organizations, schools and classrooms should pre-register on the Challenger Center website, www.challenger.org , and click on Webcasts. Anyone can log on and listen to the webcast on February 5th or after in the archive. All of Challenger Center’s web casts are free and open to the general public.
Challenger Center for Space Science Education has an extensive archive of web casts with NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on-line for viewing, and also offers weekly podcasts on a variety of space exploration and science topics.
Challenger Center for Space Science Education is an international education organization that was founded by the families of the astronauts lost during the last flight of the Challenger Space Shuttle in 1986. Through Challenger Center’s programs and its international network of Challenger Learning Centers, the diversity, spirit, and commitment to education that exemplified the Challenger 51-L mission continues to make an impact on students, teachers, and families today.
A network of 50 Challenger Learning Centers across the nation, and around the world, carry on the Challenger STS-51-L mission by providing educational workshops and space simulations to over 25,000 teachers and 400,000 students annually. Over 8 million students have flown a Challenger Center mission since its inception in 1986.
To locate a Challenger Learning Center near you or watch any of our previous web casts with NASA scientists and engineers, please visit the Challenger Center for Space Science Education website, at [ http://www.challenger.org ]www.challenger.org
Rita Karl, Director of Educational Programs
Challenger Center for Space Science Education
888-683-9740
rkarl@challenger.org
Challenger Center for Space Science Education
1250 North Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
