From Newsgroup: sci.space.news

April 25, 2011

Ann Marie Trotta 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1601 
ann.marie.trotta{at}nasa.gov   


MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-085

NASA JOINING FORCES WITH MILITARY FAMILIES FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS

ORLANDO, Fla. -- NASA's Office of Education will kick off a new 
campaign on Thursday, April 28, focused on reaching out to America's 
military families and engaging them in agency activities to promote 
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. 
This initiative supports the Joining Forces campaign announced by 
First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe 
Biden, earlier this month. 

During the NASA Education Pre-Launch Summit at the Peabody Hotel in 
Orlando, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Associate 
Administrator for Education Leland Melvin will lay out the agency's 
plan to share educational resources and programs with students of 
military families. 

Bolden will deliver the keynote luncheon address at 12:30 p.m. EDT and 
join invited military families afterward for hands-on STEM education 
activities. Military families also will attend the launch of space 
shuttle Endeavour on Friday as NASA's guests. 

Media interested in covering the keynote address and education 
activities should contact Ann Marie Trotta by 3 p.m. Wednesday. All 
activities will take place at the Peabody, located at 9801 
International Drive in Orlando. 

This outreach to military families is just one of many programs NASA 
education offers using the excitement of exploration to engage the 
nation's youth in STEM-related studies. The goal is to open the door 
to exciting future career options. 

For more information about NASA's education programs, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/education   
	
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