NASA Digest, Vol 53, Issue 10

	October 19, 2017  MEDIA ADVISORY M17-124 Georgia Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on Space Station The six Expedition 53 crew members gather together in the Destiny laboratory module for a group portrait. From left are astronauts Joe Acaba, Paolo Nespoli, and Mark Vande Hei, Commander Randy Bresnik and cosmonauts Sergey Ryazanskiy and Alexander Misurkin. On Monday, Acaba, Vande Hei and Bresnik will speak with students from New Prospect Elementary School in Alpharetta, Georgia. Credits: NASA Students at New Prospect Elementary School in Alpharetta, Georgia, will speak with the NASA astronauts living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 10:50 a.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 23. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Twenty Georgia elementary school students will be invited to ask Randy Bresnik, Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei questions about living in space aboard the space station, NASA's deep space exploration plans, or any other topic that interests the students. This is the second mission to the International Space Station for Expedition 53 commander Bresnik, who launched to the space station on July 28 and is scheduled to return to Earth in December. Acaba and Vande Hei arrived at the space station Sept. 12. It's the third mission to space for Acaba and the first for Vande Hei. Media interested in covering the event should contact Donna Lowry or Susan Hale at 470-254-6830 or via email communications@fultonschools.org. New Prospect Elementary School is at 3055 Kimball Bridge Road in Alpharetta. Linking students directly to astronauts aboard the space station provides unique, authentic experiences designed to enhance student learning, performance and interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). This in-flight education downlink is an integral component of NASA's Year of Education on Station which provides extensive space station-related resources and opportunities to students and educators. Follow the astronauts on social media: https://www.twitter.com/NASA_astronauts For more information, videos and lesson plans highlighting research on the International Space Station, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/education/onstation
	Press Contacts Katherine Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1288 katherine.m.brown@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov