Educator Astronaut Barbara Morgan to Meet Students and Media

Educator Astronaut Barbara Morgan to Meet Students and Media

NASA’s first educator astronaut and former Idaho school teacher Barbara Morgan, set to fly in space this summer, will meet with hundreds of students during “Meet an Astronaut Day” at Space Center Houston Jan. 19. Morgan also will be available for in-person and satellite interviews. Media are invited to attend the 10:30 a.m. CST event in the center’s Northrop Grumman theater. Interview opportunities also are available. Media should arrive in time to attend a 9 a.m. briefing in the center’s Saturn Club that will provide background on NASA’s Educator Astronaut project.

During her session with the students, Morgan will talk about her role on the crew of space shuttle mission STS-118, an International Space Station assembly flight targeted for launch June 28. Also talking with students will be fellow STS-118 crew member Dave Williams and STS-118 flight directors Matt Abbott and Joel Montalbano. Morgan, Williams, Abbott and Montalbano will be available for brief, in-person interviews following the hour-long event.

For media not planning to attend, Morgan will be available for live satellite interviews Jan. 19 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. To participate, contact NASA’s Johnson Space Center newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 3 p.m. Jan. 18. The interviews will be conducted on the NASA Television analog satellite located at AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude; transponder 5C, 3800 MHz, vertical polarization, with audio at 6.8 MHz.

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