NASA Leaders To Mentor New York Students On March 22

NASA's Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and NASA's Associate
Administrator for Education Leland Melvin, a former astronaut, will
attend the event and meet with 200 middle school and high school
students from the Women's Academy of Excellence; the Promise Academy;
the New York City Housing Authority; and the General D. Chappie James
Middle School of Science.

Fashion designer Donna Karan's Urban Zen Foundation and the Foundation
for Advancing Women Now, founded by singer Mary J. Blige are co-hosts
of the event, which will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT at
the Stephen Weiss Studio, 705 Greenwich Street, New York. To attend,
reporters should contact Ann Marie Trotta at 202-358-1601 or
ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov by 10 a.m. March 21.

At 10:15 a.m., the students also will participate in a
question-and-answer session with NASA astronaut Cady Coleman who is
orbiting 220 miles above the Earth. She has been living aboard the
International Space Station for the past three months. NASA
Television and the agency's website will carry the downlink live.

The downlink is one in a series with educational organizations in the
U.S. and abroad to improve STEM teaching and learning. It is an
integral component of Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office.
The office promotes learning opportunities and builds partnerships
with the education community using the unique environment of
microgravity and NASA's human spaceflight program.

The events also will be streamed live at:

http://www.livestream.com/urbanzen

NASA Television will air video from the space station during the
event. For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video
information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/education

For information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

Source: NASA

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