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Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington                    April 14, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1726)

RELEASE: 03-140

EDUCATOR ASTRONAUT REPORT CARD: 
EARTH CREW BRINGS WORLD TOGETHER TO EXPLORE

     As NASA's Educator Astronaut Program (EAP) recruitment 
phase comes to a close April 30, the next phase of engaging 
students, teachers and parents to explore space is gearing 
up and taking flight through NASA's Earth Crew activity.  

International participants are welcomed and encouraged to 
join the Earth Crew, NASA's Web-based educational program. 
There are more than 10,000 U.S. Earth Crew members. Earth 
Crew activities enable students, educators and parents to 
interact with astronauts, scientists and engineers in 
projects and missions. New inspiring and educational Earth 
Crew Missions will be available on the Educator Astronaut 
Web site in May. 

Through the EAP, students and the public are encouraged to 
help NASA recruit teachers who can create out-of-this-world 
ways to educate students. Educator Astronauts will become 
permanent members of NASA's astronaut corps and use 
innovative space tools to teach thousands of students about 
math and science. The EAP has received more than 7,400 
teacher nominations.  

The EAP is part of NASA's larger Education Enterprise. 
"NASA's education mission is to inspire the next generation 
of explorers," said Dr. Adena Williams Loston, NASA's 
associate administrator for education. "Teachers, students 
and parents can use the International Space Station as 
their laboratory, conduct their own research at Mars, and 
explore the universe with our latest technologies. We 
provide learning experiences as only NASA can," she said.


To learn more about the Educator Astronaut Program and 
other NASA education activities on the Internet, visit: 
http://edspace.nasa.gov

For more information about NASA's Education Enterprise 
visit: http://education.nasa.gov

For more information about NASA on the Internet, visit: 
http://www.nasa.gov


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