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Gretchen Cook-Anderson
Headquarters, Washington                 June 10, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-0836)

Kath Conver
Bradley University, Peoria, Ill.
(Phone: 309/677-2242)

RELEASE: 03-195

STUDENTS & TEACHERS TALK TO SPACE STATION CREW

     Students from summer programs in three Ill. counties 
will join special guests at Bradley University in Peoria for 
an interactive educational discussion with the International 
Space Station's Expedition 7 crew.

The live event, Thursday, June 12, from 1:55 - 2:15 p.m. 
EDT, will be broadcast on NASA Television and simulcast on 
the Internet. The event is part of the Bradley Institute for 
Gifted and Talented Youth's summer exploratory program, an 
initiative in its 20th year.

The in-flight educational program will offer a diverse group 
of 1,000 elementary and middle school students the 
opportunity to learn more about the U.S. space program. "We 
expect this live broadcast event to be inspiring for all 
participating, especially the students," said Debbie Brown 
Biggs, Team Lead for NASA's Teaching from Space Program 
(TSP). "We hope it may spark the imagination of the future 
researchers, astronauts and science teachers among them, " 
she said. 

Throughout the four-week program students and educators will 
study space exploration, while paying special attention to 
state educational goals. Both university pre-service and 
practicing classroom teachers will have the opportunity to 
engage in special professional development activities 
focused on space science education.

The Gifted and Talented Youth Program, hosted by the Bradley 
University College of Education and Health Sciences, impacts 
a broad spectrum of educators and students by introducing 
new resources for learning and teaching about space and its 
related subjects.

The International Space Station live program, provided via 
NASA downlink, is one of many educational opportunities 
available to organizations across the country. TSP, managed 
from the Johnson Space Center, Houston, provides education 
opportunities using the unique environment of human space 
flight. The program builds partnerships with education 
communities to create unique learning opportunities through 
the use of NASA and educational technologies.

NASA TV is broadcast on AMC-2, transponder 9C, C-Band, 
located at 85 degrees West longitude. The frequency is 
3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical and audio is monaural 
at 6.8 MHz.

For information about NASA, human space flight, the 
International Space Station, and to view the Web cast on the 
Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

For information about the summer Institute for Gifted and 
Talented Youth, visit:

http://www.bradley.edu/academics/ehs/centers/giftedcenter.ht
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For information about NASA education programs on the 
Internet, visit:

http://education.nasa.gov

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